A legal expert urged providers to document everything related to their responses to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s a move that could help providers defend themselves in any potential lawsuit stemming...
Survey expert gives insight on common deficiencies
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 06, 2012
A nursing home survey expert gave providers a tip sheet to the most common deficiencies — and how to avoid them — in the first McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast of 2012.
Expert: Post-acute care must adapt to value-based world
By
Liza Berger
Jan 05, 2020
Post-acute care providers need to rethink their care delivery models as healthcare shifts to a value-based system from a volume-based system, said one prominent industry expert.
Forecast: Liability costs to top $215,000
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Jan 04, 2016
Long-term care facilities can expect their annual loss rate to increase by 5% over the course of 2016, according to a new report from the American Health Care Association and Aon Global Risk Consulting.
Industry-backed report warns that cuts could hit $79 billion
By
John O'Connor
Sep 01, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently unveiled a Medicare plan that trims Medicare payments by 11.1%, beginning Oct. 1. But the real impact will be a $79 billion loss over the next decade,...
Angst building over schism with RUGs-IV and MDS 3.0
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James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2010
Frustration was building at press time over what would be done about implementing a new resident assessment system this fall without the companion payment system that was designed to debut with it.
Rate hike will be only a part of the new Medicare reality
By
John O'Connor
Sep 01, 2014
Many providers are relieved that Medicare rates are slated to go up by 2% in the next fiscal year. After all, who wants to turn down $750 million, especially in a rate-cutting climate?
Facility fined $16,000 after reviving resident with DNR
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
Authorities have fined a Florida nursing home $16,000 for reviving a resident who had a do-not-resuscitate order.
Obamacare replacement bill faces tougher test in Senate
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 05, 2017
While House Republican leaders were trying to tie up loose ends to get their proposal for repealing and replacing Obamacare across the finish line, Senators on both sides of the aisle were predicting a...
Probe: SNF, site of first outbreak, acted slowly
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2020
A federal investigation found that the Washington state skilled nursing facility where the first U.S. coronavirus outbreak occurred acted slowly in response to warning signs.