Show Me State program with 100% success may show nation’s nursing homes how to lower rehospitalizations,...
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Kimberly Marselas
Kristen Fischer
Jun 26, 2024
A state-level program to improve the quality of care and lower avoidable hospitalizations in Missouri nursing homes has worked so well that policymakers are pointing to it as a possible national solution.
Judge likely to block tool used by PointClickCare to keep competitor out of EHR system
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2024
A federal judge is expected to issue a preliminary ruling next week in a case that pits two post-acute technology providers against each other and raises major questions about data safety and interoperability.
Skipping tech over price tag an ‘opportunity lost’ for hesitant nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 24, 2024
While it remains difficult to quantify how investments in technology are paying off, some skilled nursing providers say they are buying into more options because today’s margins don’t afford them missed...
Providers, I-SNPs primed and ‘pleading’ for greater role in value-based care
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2024
The unrelenting push toward value-based care should compel skilled nursing providers to grab the reins, even after years of regulators failing to invite them more fully into the process.
BREAKING: Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling could defang CMS
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 28, 2024
The Supreme Court this morning threw out a long-standing doctrine that has given regulatory agencies, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, broad discretion to set rules for the entities...
Ensign, Cascadia and Sun Mar execs: Employee-led companies positioned to maximize opportunities
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2024
Giving employees more of a role in leading their companies — and acting on both their bright ideas and their criticisms — will help shepherd quality skilled nursing providers as the sector rapidly...
Training for the Super Bowl of employee appreciation all year long
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 18, 2024
CareRite Centers, operating 33 facilities in four states, is a standout when it comes to making teams feel a part of something bigger.
CMS issues first nursing home staffing rule enforcement guidance
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week updated guidance to be used by surveyors weighing nursing homes’ compliance with expanded facility assessment requirements included in the minimum...
MedPAC disappoints with lacking skilled nursing commentary, no action on Medicare Advantage prior authorization...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 13, 2024
A Congressional advisory commission on Thursday declined to issue recommendations on improving Medicare Advantage prior authorizations, MA data transparency, or lowering payments to inpatient rehabilitation...
‘Hell yes!’ Why one nursing home company jumped to join the staffing mandate lawsuit
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 11, 2024
Months before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed federal staffing minimums for nursing homes, the American Health Care Association said it would sue over the rule should it offer providers...