LTC must pursue collaboration to reduce readmissions
By
Imran Javaid
Mar 24, 2014
Acute and post-acute providers are increasingly uniting around a shared goal – to lower hospital readmission rates for elderly and other vulnerable patients. Many caregivers and payers agree that...
Life after consolidation: How LTC leaders can assimilate
By
Jennifer Bauer
Mar 21, 2014
Consolidation, a fact of life in today’s healthcare industry, is prevalent in the long-term care arena as well. Locally and regionally, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and home- and community-based...
CMS announces declining readmission rate for Medicare patients, credits Affordable Care Act
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 09, 2013
Improved transitions between acute and post-acute settings are partly responsible for continuing nationwide declines in hospital readmission rates, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
More than 6,000 skilled nursing facilities achieved notable gains in the first year of the American Health Care Association’s Quality Initiative, the provider association announced yesterday.
Wounds unwelcome
By
John Andrews
Nov 01, 2013
As hospitals look for post-acute provider partners, skilled nursing operators must gauge their effectiveness at post-operative care and wound prevention
Caremerge Technology introduces new app
Oct 15, 2013
Caremerge Technology has introduced “ReThink ReAdmission,” an app that connects long-term care providers with hospitals.
Gulf Coast receives highest Medicare payouts for post-acute care, CMS national databank shows
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 04, 2013
States around the Gulf of Mexico and in the Rust Belt face the highest post-acute care costs in the nation, according to Medicare data released Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
New calculation method would reduce readmissions penalties, CMS says
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 30, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed changing the way hospital readmission penalties are calculated as part of its 2014 Medicare rate update. Potential readmissions penalties for long-term...
Partnering to reduce readmissions
By
Zachary Palace, M.D.
Apr 17, 2013
As a long-term care geriatrician, it is my core belief that clinicians need to recognize the true value of what we can accomplish together by improving the quality of patient care through reducing avoidable...
CMS announces 20 new participants in program to improve transitions, reduce rehospitalizations
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 12, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced 20 new organizations participating in the Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP), which is an initiative to cut down on hospital...