The new year is upon us. What new areas of regulatory change will your teams monitor in 2022? CPT? Parity? Survey trends? Quality? Yes, obviously quality, Renee, but the future of quality… where...
A plan for post-acute care providers looking to better coordinate care
By
Anne Tumlinson
Jun 26, 2012
Post-acute care providers must be proactive and initiate conversations with hospitals and other community provider partners to ensure they are at the table when strategic partnerships are developed. They...
How SNFs are cutting costs without cutting back on care
By
Betsy Rust
Jun 29, 2018
As if managing the health of patients wasn’t difficult and time-consuming enough, skilled nursing facilities now have to do more to manage their increasingly complex businesses as well.
The secret to outstanding employee engagement
By
Gary Morton
Nov 06, 2017
In the challenging environment of senior living facilities, owners and executive managers are increasingly realizing the incredibly high correlation between employee engagement and critical outcomes: Attracting...
Grassroots initiative helps promote compliance
By
Stan Szpytek
Apr 29, 2019
A Long Term Care Emergency Preparedness Checklist has been developed so providers and suppliers can review and implement these comprehensive requirements.
Industry at a ‘Digital Inflection Point’
By
Deborah K. Green, MBA, RHIA
Aug 02, 2017
When the Long Term & Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Health IT Summit began in 2005, it became the single event that I, as a CIO of a large long-term care organization, chose to attend every year.
How to make employee communication meaningful
By
Kelly Hawkins
Oct 12, 2012
Are you using the fall season to your advantage?
What the NLRB’s new ambush election rules mean for you
By
Woodruff Imberman Ph.D.
Jan 28, 2015
Long-term care facilities, ranging from independent living communities to post-acute care and rehab centers, all will face new problems avoiding unions because of the recently issued National Labor Relations...
Natural gas leak near facility highlights the importance of planning
By
Stan Szpytek
Jul 14, 2021
Incidents like the one that is about to be summarized emphasize the importance of hazard analysis as required by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Emergency Preparedness Rule. Knowing the potential...
Understanding social determinants of health and rehab
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 23, 2022
Social determinants of health, understanding what they are, their impact on patient care, and their influence on effective transitions across care settings are all essential for rehab providers. This area...