As providers, patients, and payers look for more cost-effective and efficient ways to provide health care, some are turning to telehealth as an option. Telehealth involves using electronic communication...
Copernicus update! The Earth now revolves around ICD-10 codes
By
Steven Littlehale
Oct 03, 2018
In the past, our skilled nursing world has revolved around a sun of its own, known as resource utilization groups (particularly the lucrative high-therapy ones). Now, however, according to the details...
The heat is on: Reducing the dangers of hyperthermia for your residents
By
Martie Moore
Aug 04, 2014
He stumbled into the room, sweating and vomiting, and then he slipped to the floor. I was 8 years old and he was my brother.
Learn how to advocate in D.C.
By
Tara Roberts
Jul 07, 2017
I’ve had the pleasure and honor of participating in advocacy in a variety ways in the last 10 years .
Is the failed therapy cap repeal for the best?
By
Tara Roberts
Apr 24, 2015
The recent battle over the SGR passage with the Cardin Amendment brought forth glaring differences in outpatient therapy providers and their priorities. While I, along with the entire therapy world, dream...
Where’s my raise?
By
Dave Sedgwick
Nov 26, 2013
A relatively new administrator asked me a great question recently. He asked, “Do you (and should I) always give a raise along with an annual review?”
False Claims Act developments for providers
By
Jason Edgecombe and Ted Lotchin
Jul 01, 2015
FCA cases are most often initiatied by whistleblowers. This is part one of a four-part series.
Ignoring the old impulses
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 18, 2017
So, I have this song from Disney’s animated film “Frozen” stuck in my head. The part of the song that goes, “Let it go, let it go …” See, that’s how I feel about...
No rockets’ red (or blue) glare
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 29, 2012
Like sitting in a tub of hot cocoa on the shore of an enchanted mountain lake while listening to a choir of violin-wielding angels. That’s about how it felt to spend some quality time last week at...
The great news about nursing homes
By
Mark Parkinson
Nov 06, 2018
There is a terrific story that nobody is telling. Homes are getting dramatically better at providing quality care.