You’ve created an app to help make hospital discharge information more accessible to nursing home nurses. Why is this issue so important?
Creating unity for positive change in nursing homes
By
Michelle Arnot
Nov 13, 2023
Federal regulators’ recently proposed rule on nursing home minimum staffing standards seems to have exacerbated the divisiveness among the various stakeholders in the aging services field. In an...
Surveyors haven’t dropped the hammer on new nursing home arbitration rules, but threats persist
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2024
Two years after surveyors began enforcing new arbitration rules, they have not pursued skilled nursing operators with the vigor some expected.
CMS pledges to use ‘full array’ of tools to enforce 2024 Medicare Advantage rules
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 12, 2024
Despite early fears, long-term care leaders have some reason to be optimistic that changes to Medicare Advantage rules for 2024 will be enforced.
How to … use AI to manage patient medications
By
John Hall
Jun 07, 2024
From accelerating the introduction of important new medicines and improving ordering and inventory processes, to helping older adults better manage multiple prescriptions, artificial intelligence’s reach...
Report: Nurse practitioners, docs have similar rates of inappropriate prescribing
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 24, 2023
Doctors and nurses are likely to inappropriately prescribe drugs to older adults at about the same rate regardless of their professional title, a new study finds.
Ask the nursing expert… about the difference between retention and turnover
By
Amy Stewart
Apr 12, 2024
What is the difference between staff retention and turnover, and how can I use these metrics in our Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) meetings?
McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards winners take center stage
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2024
CHICAGO — A sold-out crowd celebrated the second class of McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards winners in a lively spring event that combined networking with unabashed appreciation for some of the aging services...
Ask the payment expert … about incomplete measures
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Mar 04, 2024
I reviewed the Q4 2023 Facility Level Quality Measure report for my facility and noticed several measures are displayed as “I” for incomplete. Can you explain why?
Registration for new ‘Meeting of the Minds’ LTC webinars underway
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 07, 2024
The inaugural McKnight’s “Meeting of the Minds” event will take place June 27, bringing providers and other sector stakeholders access to a groundbreaking gathering of thought leaders on major topics...