Nursing home quality measures should address short-stay rehab residents, group says
Jan 13, 2012
The set of quality measures used on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare website should be updated to include more measures for short-stay rehabilitation residents, according to one panel of experts....
Dual eligibles more likely to go from hospitals to lower quality nursing homes, referral process might...
By
Tim Mullaney
May 27, 2014
People eligible both for Medicare and Medicaid go to lower-quality nursing homes after being hospitalized at a rate higher than Medicare-only patients, according to researchers from Brown and Harvard universities.
Nursing home operators’ self-dealings criticized in national report
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2018
A highly critical analysis finds nearly three-quarters of U.S. nursing homes are involved in “related party transactions,” often funneling money to sister companies while claiming to be cash-strapped...
What the future holds
By
John O'Connor
May 08, 2015
Like many people, I often wonder what operators should be doing to prep for the road ahead. So when the final program for last month’s NIC Capital Business Strategies Forum listed a session called...
Ask the payment expert … about the financial benefits of QAPI
By
Patricia Boyer
Mar 01, 2014
What are the financial benefits to implementing CMS’s Quality Assurance Performance Improvement program?
Quality of care improving for minorities in nursing homes: study
By
Holly Petrovich
Jul 09, 2015
The quality of care in nursing homes with higher populations of racial minority residents has improved, according to a study.
Stern warning for private-equity firms
Mar 11, 2008
The leader of long-term care workers’ largest union on Monday defended his group’s aggressive actions late last year over the sale of the nation’s largest nursing home chain, Manor Care,...
How to do it … medication management
Jun 01, 2014
Proper and effective medication management of controlled substances can save your facility thousands of dollars in needless waste and diversion. Most solutions are, figuratively speaking, right under your...
OIG: Two-midnight policy led to limited access to skilled nursing care
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Dec 20, 2016
The implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ controversial two-midnight rule has left some “vulnerabilities” in its wake, according to a federal report published...
Coroner releases findings from Ohio nursing home shooting
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May 17, 2017
Initial findings from an investigation into last week’s shooting at an Ohio nursing home that claimed the lives of two employees were released by authorities on Monday.