Interoperability experts see bright future including LTC
By
John Andrews
Mar 01, 2014
In the 10 years since the Bush Administration launched its healthcare interoperability initiative by creating the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, a lot of progress has been made toward...
Ask the legal expert … about pressure-ulcer product promises
By
John Durso
Aug 01, 2013
What happens if we contract with an alternate pressure-surface vendor that claims we’ll lower our pressure-ulcer rates by using its product, but our incidents actually increase? Can we sue?
Feds say hospice firm erred in enrollments
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2012
The federal government has joined a whistleblower complaint that alleges a major hospice company defrauded Medicare.
Ask the treatment expert: Is an infection indicated after two weeks without healing?
Apr 01, 2011
Susan Wickard, RN, BSN, CWCN, CWS, CLNC, Clinical Advisor, American Association for LTC Nursing
When it matters most
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 01, 2013
Pondering difficult end-of-life situations made me think, naturally, of Chevy Chase.
Minimizing calls to physicians
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Jan 03, 2011
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Ask the care expert: deli gloves vs. home-like environment
Ask the treatment expert: tips for consistent wound measurements
By
Donna Sardina
Jul 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
OIG: Payment problems remain for Medicare Part D drugs in nursing homes
Jun 10, 2008
Two reports from the Office of Inspector General found problems with respect to the Medicare Part D program and nursing homes. One pertained to continuing payment obstacles while the other said that nursing...
Profile: Respecting his elders
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Michael D. Gore made great strides professionally this spring, but it also was a season of sadness for the rising long-term care leader. His grandmother died at the age of 87 after spending her last weeks...