Skilled nursing facilities should know their track record and be able to spread word about it well if they want to thrive and help reduce rehospitalizations, a policy expert said Tuesday.
Ask the treatment expert: treating denuded skin around a flush stoma
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Donna Sardina
Feb 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the payment expert: explaining the case mix component of the Five-Star rating system
Lawmakers want more poor performing nursing homes on the SFF list
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Danielle Brown
Nov 18, 2020
The Special Focus Facility program, a federal initiative that targets very low-performing nursing homes for additional oversight and improvements, would be expanded and renamed under a new legislation...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Robyn Stone, DrPH
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Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
Robyn Stone, DrPH, brings four decades’ worth of experience to LeadingAge as a top expert and researcher in aging and long-term care policy.
Hospital group: MedPAC’s proposed post-acute payment system ‘unworkable’
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Sep 20, 2017
A unified post-acute payment system proposed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is “unworkable as a foundation” the American Hospital Association maintains.
Drama around healthcare law ‘sucking all the life’ from IPAB repeal
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Jul 11, 2017
Mounting pressure on Republican lawmakers to pass their Affordable Care Act replacement may sweep other healthcare-related legislation under the rug, some observers say.
Why the Obamacare repeal is being held up — at least for now
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John O'Connor
May 22, 2017
There was a celebration at the White House earlier this month after the House narrowly voted to replace the nation’s health law. More than two weeks later, the House has still not advanced the American...
MACPAC: Medicaid spending for long-term care ‘disproportionate’
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Jun 16, 2016
Medicaid spending on long-term care is disproportionate compared to the number of beneficiaries requiring it, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commision said Wednesday.
Post-acute standardized assessment bill passes House
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Elizabeth Newman
Sep 18, 2014
A bill that would standardize data in post-acute settings moved closer to reality after a House of Representatives voice vote in its favor Tuesday. The House’s approval of the Improving Medicare...