As you read this, you might be eyeing the new RAI manual that takes effect today, and are feeling a bit overwhelmed at the sheer number of new pages. So it’s with great regret that I have to add...
People don’t ‘get’ me: Tips for the misunderstood long-term care provider
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 24, 2013
Do you ever feel that people don’t really “get” what you do as a long-term care provider? You might take heart from the fact that professionals in other fields also feel this way, according...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently addressed provider questions related to regulations pertaining to discharge assessments and agreements between skilled nursing and hospice providers.
Now available on a screen near you: ‘Derek’ shows the complicated life of a nursing home...
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 17, 2013
I sat down to watch an episode or two of “Derek” over the weekend. I thought I’d write a blog about my impressions of this Ricky Gervais show set in an English nursing home, newly released...
Senate bill would prohibit certain types of payments to long-term care pharmacies
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 13, 2013
Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors (PDPs) would be barred from using certain payment structures to long-term care pharmacies under a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate.
Focus on physician groups, managed care to prepare for the future, say long-term care experts
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 11, 2013
Skilled nursing providers should build partnerships with physician groups and hospitals but need to make sure to stay abreast of legal and regulatory frameworks, according to experts who spoke at McKnight’s...
TODAY’S THE DAY: McKnight’s launches first-ever Fall Expo
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 10, 2013
Long-term care experts are ready to share their insights today, when McKnight’s first Fall Online Expo kicks off this morning. Three webinars will take place — with opportunities to earn free continuing...
CMS issues guidance on survey timing for facilities that change ownership
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 10, 2013
Surveyors should prevent providers from being able to game the Medicare system through well-timed facility sales and purchases, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instructed in a recent memorandum.
The best thing you’ll read all week
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 10, 2013
My grandmother passed away on Sept. 1. In the days since, those who knew and loved her have celebrated her life and mourned her passing together — and the obituary we wrote for her has gone viral on...
Nursing homes will be subject to escrow for all civil monetary penalties, CMS announces
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Tim Mullaney
Sep 05, 2013
Nursing homes facing a civil monetary penalty due to any type of deficiency will be subject to escrow and entitled to request an independent informal dispute resolution process, according to a newly issued...