HHS: RACs not the primary source of the Medicare appeals backlog
Dec 09, 2016
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a brief to the federal D.C. District Court related to the American Hospital Association’s case against the agency over the backlog...
Parting thoughts, and a pricey problem
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 17, 2022
While I haven’t run out of material, I’m tapping out my last column because I don’t want to run out of time. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from sitting by the bedsides of elders in the...
New law brings tougher eldercare background screening — for employees AND owners
By
Henry R. Chalmers
Jun 06, 2018
A new law in Georgia signed by Gov. Nathan Deal (R) on May 7 will provide additional safeguards against elder abuse at long-term care facilities.
Connecting to seniors through community outreach
By
Cole Marvin
Aug 16, 2013
It’s important for the future of seniors that providers work to reverse the trend of waiting to move to a retirement community. Friendship Village Tempe has made an effort to target these prospective...
Telehealth CPT® Appendix P and T: What does it mean to me?
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 09, 2022
Ap·pen·dix — a section or table of additional matter at the end of a book or document Do you generally refer to the appendix in your manuals, research materials, or other clinical practice guidelines? ...
New advocacy tool offers lawmaker education about long-term care pharmacy clinical value, benefits
By
Fred Burke
Jan 13, 2020
As every practitioner and advocate within our broader long-term care space knows, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to break through the noise when it comes to engaging with and educating policymakers...
Seniors remain confused about the shingles vaccine
By
Ido Hadari
Jul 01, 2016
This year the shingles vaccine (trade name: Zostavax) turns 10
Rehab services need to refocus
By
Matthew Rossman
Feb 06, 2019
Rehabilitative care is the answer for many patients who show a change in mobility or performance in daily tasks, pain, and speech- and swallow-related challenges. When properly delivered, therapy intervention...
Antipsychotic medication reduction and the severely mentally ill population
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 08, 2022
President Biden’s State of the Union address last week targeted several aspects of the long-term care industry, most of which have received more attention than his mention of reducing the inappropriate...
Sometimes a carrot is really a stick … but sometimes it’s 24-karat gold!
By
Steven Littlehale
Nov 27, 2017
We all yearn for a time when value-based purchasing (and care) loses its originality. A time when motivations for providing excellent care and achieving excellent resident outcomes are aligned with reimbursement.