Administrators must prepare for ‘surveyor mentality’ of Medicare auditors, expert warns
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 05, 2012
Skilled nursing facility administrators must have more savviness around therapy documentation to survive increased scrutiny from auditors, a payment expert warned at a McKnight’s Super Tuesday session...
Overcoding or undercoding incontinence in the MDS 3.0 is a problem that can draw the attention of surveyors, says McKnight’s Super Tuesday speaker Leah Klusch.
Is it ever too homey?
By
John Hall
Jul 09, 2018
Stakeholders observe necessities, limits of ‘home-like’ design movement
In sales, it’s about survival
Oct 01, 2008
This is a tough time for many people in the senior housing industry. With sub-prime fiascos, consumer confidence waning and an election up in the air, your customers are in need of some special love and...
Eight months post-hurricane, 20 uprooted residents — and 5 staff members — finally celebrate return...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2018
As Hurricane Harvey bore down on the Gulf Coast last August, 90 long-term care residents from Rockport, TX, boarded charter buses and ambulances to make a trek to safety in the city of Bee Cave.
Getting personal: Providers can expect greater demands from state surveyors once CMS’s new guidance...
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 18, 2005
By its very nature, incontinence care is one of the most personalized endeavors in healthcare. Well, it’s about to get even more personal.
NY couple celebrates 70th Valentine’s Day after beating COVID
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 03, 2021
Sometimes nothing can get in the way of love — not even COVID-19.
This new care model has stitch-in-time approach
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2013
Every enterprise needs worker bees. Clearly, if the work is going to get done, those on the frontline — and elsewhere — must soldier on. But if an enterprise — be it a company, industry or other...
Diabetes, high blood pressure linked to colon cancer recurrence
Jan 02, 2013
A new study shows that patients with early stage colon cancer who also have diabetes or high blood pressure (both components of metabolic syndrome) have a greater risk for a recurrence of the cancer and...
Most nursing home visits banned as part of federal COVID-19 strategy
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 15, 2020
Exceptions include healthcare workers, surveyors and those in compassionate care situations.