Nursing homes can treat higher acuity patients without raising their risk of death: Study
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 03, 2018
Skilled nursing facilities can safely take on higher levels of care for their residents to avoid the hospital, and they can do so without raising residents’ risk of death.
Provider advocates applaud ‘monumental step’ on CNA training at skilled nursing facilities
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 01, 2018
Skilled nursing advocates are applauding the “long-overdue” introduction of a bill Friday, which could kill “rigid provisions” they say are keeping the field from meeting its own dire staffing...
OIG looks to shame those who refuse to enter corporate integrity agreements
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Marty Stempniak
Oct 01, 2018
Health & Human Services is looking to ratchet up public pressure on healthcare fraudsters who refuse to improve their corporate business practices after getting caught.
CMS chief stresses need to improve care for dual-eligible population: Inefficiencies are ‘unacceptable’
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 28, 2018
The status quo is “unacceptable” when dealing with dual eligibles, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Thursday.
The secret ingredient to one nursing home’s dramatic drop in antipsychotic use
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 28, 2018
Holly Heights Nursing Center in Denver has demonstrated dramatic reductions in the use of antipsychotic use in recent years. Janet Snipes, whose been with the home for more than 40 years, says there is...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Sept. 26
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 26, 2018
Healthcare data breaches are on the rise, a new study suggests … Provider’s emergency plan put into play after double fatality on campus … Exercise may help to delay a rare form of Alzheimer’s...
Study reveals long-term care indicators for predicting hospital readmissions
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 25, 2018
Nursing homes looking to gauge whether a resident is at risk for readmission may have a new tea leaf to read.
With Medicare ACOs, patience is key for providers, new analysis finds
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 24, 2018
Like a fine wine, accountable care organizations get better with age.
Grassley joins the chorus of lawmakers demanding answers on nursing home ‘oversight failures’
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Marty Stempniak
Sep 21, 2018
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), a former chairman of the Special Committee on Aging and a long-time nursing home watchdog, has become the latest federal lawmaker to zero in on whether the federal government...
2018 elections could have big implications for nursing homes’ biggest source of funding, experts say
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 20, 2018
Voters heading to the polls this fall could have a huge hand in the future funding for the skilled nursing industry.