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Study: Medicare warnings cut antipsychotics in nursing home residents, others
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 26, 2024
When Medicare sent warning letters urging doctors to lower antipsychotic prescriptions, it worked, a report published Thursday in JAMA Network Open found.
Physical therapy group praises Congress for thwarting 3.4 percent doc pay cuts
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 13, 2024
The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation (APTQI) this week voiced its support of Congress for stopping a 3.4% cut to physicians’ pay that was included in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...
Fasten your seatbelts: It MIGHT be a bumpy ride
By
Steven Littlehale
Oct 13, 2023
It’s been a flurry of activity leading up to the implementation of the “new MDS.” For months our industry has been doing what we do best — rising to the occasion. Countless MDS training sessions,...
Therapy should be more than productivity
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Apr 22, 2024
“I’m too sick for therapy today.” “Come back later.” “Leave me alone.” If you’ve worked in long-term care (or hospitals or LTACHs or acute rehab hospitals), you’ve heard...
Advocates praise proposed observation-stay as long-overdue solution
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 26, 2024
A major advocate for Medicare beneficiaries and about 40 cosigners are embracing a proposed process for observation stay appeals, calling it 15 years overdue in a formal comment letter set to be sent to...
CMS unveils program to improve dementia care, ease unpaid caregiver strain
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 01, 2023
The federal government is hoping to do more for people with dementia on Medicare — and their unpaid caregivers.
GAO report shows limited use of Medicare cognitive assessment services, obstacles that remain
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 13, 2023
A new US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that the use of cognitive assessment and care plan services tripled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare between 2018 and 2022. However,...
Staying the course: Lessons from ponies for upcoming Medicare changes
By
Renee Kinder
Aug 31, 2023
There’s a certain kind of magic when watching eq competitions, especially when it involves someone dear to you. Over the weekend, our daughter, Emmy Grace, took part in her first hunter jumper 2-foot...
Reintroduced observation status bill could take edge off Medicare 3-day rule
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 10, 2023
If the legislation passes, more post-acute patients could qualify for care in skilled nursing facilities, a reprieve for providers following the end of pandemic-era waivers, industry advocates said.