Ask the payment expert: What are some tips for completing a Change of Therapy OMRA accurately?
Mar 01, 2012
Nursing and therapy need to be monitoring the therapy level on a continual basis. Therapy staff need to look forward seven days to make sure they planned the appropriate days and minutes of care and look...
How SNF operators can reposition themselves now to ensure post-pandemic success
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 05, 2021
Long-term care operators must accept their new census realities to successfully adapt operations for post-pandemic conditions, according to one expert.
Getting wider, not bigger: An investment and planning recipe for survival before the big senior wave
By
John Hall
Nov 15, 2019
At first blush, expanding any business in a time of declining numbers of customers and sagging construction starts seems illogical. But it’s exactly what may help skilled nursing facilities thrive and...
Also in the News for Friday, Nov. 13
Nov 13, 2020
CMS details updates to SNF PDPM claims processing instructions … Pandemic could mean more families utilizing video surveillance in nursing homes … NY nursing homes face additional restrictions as cases...
Passing the smell test
Jan 30, 2008
Birchwood Laboratories has introduced two new products that provide a sanitary solution for incontinence cleansing and management. B-SURE Perineal Wash and B-SURE Odor Eliminator are products help operators...
Ask the nursing expert: What tasks should the infection preventionist be assigned?
By
Amy Stewart
Nov 11, 2019
What tasks should the infection preventionist be assigned? Specific tasks vary, depending on factors like program maturity, resident population, and number and types of infections present. You may want...
Lasting cognitive decline common in older COVID-19 patients: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2022
One year after hospital discharge, 9% of study participants who survived severe disease had dementia and 26% had mild cognitive impairment — a higher proportion than their uninfected peers, investigators...
Providers push back against report that ‘unfairly and inaccurately’ criticized operators’ lobbyists...
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2020
The nation’s largest nursing home association is pushing back after a major national media outlet criticized the long-term care industry’s lobbying efforts aimed at helping providers survive the public...
Telcare’s blood glucose meter gets federal approval
Aug 10, 2011
Telcare has received Food and Drug Administration approval for its Telcare BGM 3G blood glucose meter. The product acts like a normal glucose meter, but embeds cellular connectivity that sends blood glucose...
Omnicare drops bid for PharMerica
Feb 29, 2012
Omnicare has officially ended its attempt to absorb PharMerica Corp. The reversal comes less than a month after federal regulators attempted to block the deal. Officials said the merger would have created...