Nursing homes are subject to an incentive-based pay system for the last four months of 2020 when it comes to tapping into the most recently released $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding, the Department...
CES continues to advance tech for seniors
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 02, 2020
The technology industry is paying more attention to the needs of older adults and the caregivers who serve them, as evidenced by the wide range of senior-targeted devices highlighted at the 2020 Consumer...
Ask the Payment Expert? Why am I not receiving incentive payments for FY 2019?
By
Patricia Boyer
Nov 02, 2018
Why am I not receiving incentive payments for FY 2019 SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) are separate, but related, programs. QRP is required by the IMPACT ACT to collect...
CMS employs some late PDPM additions
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 04, 2019
New guidance on components of the Patient-Driven Payment Model were an added bonus to the fiscal 2020 final rule issued for Medicare participation.
How to do it … Forge stronger pharmacy-nurse ties
By
John Hall
Mar 04, 2024
The bond between pharmacists and long-term care nurses is one of great trust and professional respect. It requires open, unfiltered and unfettered communication. And it feeds on reliability and teamwork....
Ask the legal expert: Can we fire someone for not letting us know they have COVID-19 symptoms and coming...
By
John Durso
Mar 01, 2021
It almost sounds crazy, given the staffing shortages everywhere, but can we fire someone for not letting us know they have COVID-19 symptoms and coming to work anyway?
Ask the payment expert: I am seeing an increase in Medicare Replacement Policy additional document requests....
By
Caryn Adams
Oct 01, 2020
I am seeing an increase in Medicare Replacement Policy additional document requests. How should we respond?
Judge unmasks operators
Feb 02, 2020
The new operators of several new Golden Living nursing homes will be publicly known after a judge ordered the state of Pennsylvania to turn over the nursing home chain’s ownership records.
DOJ pushing criminal suits
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 07, 2019
Providers are pushing back against an effort by the Department of Justice that would allow criminal charges to be brought against nursing home providers and staff members accused of abuse and fraud in...
Ask the legal expert: How we can we protect ourselves form unfounded claims of theft or wrongdoing?
By
John Durso
Apr 01, 2021
We’ve had families acting more suspicious of us than usual, with people complaining about allegedly missing resident clothes or belongings. It’s not unexpected, I guess, with family members’ access...