The LeadingAge Center for Workforce Solutions has released an Excel-based turnover cost calculator tool to help providers estimate how much staff turnover is costing their community. The organization notes...
PDPM: Here’s what you really need to know
By
John O'Connor
Apr 15, 2019
The federal government is promoting its updated Medicare payment system as a change that will ensure two benefits. The first is better care. The second is reduced costs. Anyone who thinks those two goals...
We’re shocked, shocked that such prescribing could occur
By
John O'Connor
Feb 04, 2019
You mean to tell me that sometimes greed and lust take priority over the Hippocratic Oath? Say it ain’t so!
Four things skilled care operators better watch during 2019
By
John O'Connor
Dec 17, 2018
You know that big ol’ bullseye that always seems to be on your back? It’s about to get bigger.
Engage in SNF mythbusting
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Oct 19, 2018
We all know about the rumored, accepted and commonly used practices that relate to rehab in the skilled nursing Facility, but do we really know if they’re valid and supported by a regulation? Yes, speech...
This smart pill is hard to swallow
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 30, 2017
Reading the disturbing news in McKnight’s about the ingestible digital antipsychotic pill that tracks patient data has me all befuddled. I wish I could swallow a pill that would tell me how to feel...
Busting 3 common myths associated with alcohol-based hand rub
By
Megan J. DiGiorgio
Apr 21, 2017
The truth is that ABHR are the most effective products for reducing the number of germs on hands.
Culture shift starts with employee investment
By
Teresa Buchman, RN
Jan 15, 2015
Providing the highest quality care to our geriatric long-term care residents and short-term stay rehabilitation patients has been a major focus and investment throughout our organization. Our goal, from...
Kindred Healthcare has succeeded in its quest to acquire Gentiva Health Services. The companies announced Thursday morning they would combine to create the fourth-biggest healthcare provider of any type...
5 rules of the rehab screen
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Feb 25, 2014
What is the purpose of a rehabilitation screen? Very simply, we attempt to identify long-term residents’ needs and possible rehab potential. Somehow, we don’t really have an industry standard...