LTC earning seat at the table for preventing readmissions
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 08, 2018
Skilled-nursing leaders have long desired a seat at the table to help hospitals prevent readmissions, and a new collaboration aims to make it happen. Portland, OR-based Consonus Healthcare — which provides...
Oct. 2 webcast to give leadership tactics, clinical tools to help LTC providers avert rehospitalizations
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 06, 2012
Participants at a free McKnight’s webcast on Oct.2 will learn about leadership and operational tactics, as well as clinical strategies, that can promote critical thinking among staff members. Attendees...
Successful acute- and post-acute care partnering the focus of Aug. 27 webcast
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 08, 2014
Attendees will learn first-hand from a leading nursing executive at a free Aug. 27 McKnight’s webcast how post-acute care providers can grow better relationships with acute-care partners. Martie...
MedPAC: A quarter of Medicare hospital readmissions are preventable
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 10, 2012
One-quarter of hospital admissions among Medicare beneficiaries are preventable, with the leading cause for those readmissions is heart failure, a Medicare advisory board report noted.
Study: It’s time to update hospital readmission risk assessment tools for SNFs
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 26, 2023
A new study calls for updating the tools used to assess hospital readmission risk for skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents.
The Joint Commission, which accredits healthcare facilities, requires hospitals to send discharge summaries to nursing homes within 30 days of a hospitalization, but University of Wisconsin researchers...
Skilled care operators feeling the pinch. Or should we say, pinches?
By
John O'Connor
Jul 02, 2018
“This is going to be the wave of the future.” If you happen to be a long-term care operator looking for words to live by, the above sentence is a pretty good choice.
CMS adds new providers to care transition program
Aug 20, 2012
Seventeen new sites, which includes some skilled nursing facilities, were added to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services care transitions program, the agency announced Friday.
Best care transitions and readmission rates tied to post-discharge care support for 90 days
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 04, 2020
Clinician support for up to 90 days after a care transition lowers the odds of hospital readmission and leads to better medication continuity.
Hospital readmission rates plateau, provide SNFs with opportunity
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 20, 2012
With penalties for preventable hospital readmissions looming, recently released Medicare data shows that U.S. hospitals aren’t making much progress in lowering readmission rates.