LTC administrators to be honored during ‘their’ week; Online Expo countdown begins
Mar 07, 2014
Long-term care administrators have a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks. On Sunday, National Long Term Care Administrators’ Week begins. The sponsoring American College of Health Care Administrators...
Preparing to receive national experts, free CEs
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 28, 2014
Providers are continuing to sign up in record numbers for the 8th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo. The profession’s first and only virtual full trade show, it takes place March 26-27 and offers...
LTC medical directors to meet in Nashville
Feb 21, 2014
The American Medical Directors Association’s annual conference takes place Thursday through March 2 in Nashville. Billed as the “premier” medicine conference for post-acute and long-term...
Nursing home-hospice relations the focus of webinar
Feb 14, 2014
Long-term care providers will learn how to better collaborate with hospice staff and colleagues in a hospice setting during a special webcast on Thursday. Alva S. Baker III, M.D., CMD, and Jeffrey Burl,...
Quality Symposium convenes Monday in New Orleans
Feb 07, 2014
The 6th Annual AHCA Quality Symposium win run from Monday through Wednesday in New Orleans. Strategies for dealing with staff stability, reducing rehospitalizations, and lowering the use of antipsychotic...
Open Door Forum on ‘two-midnight’ hospital stay policy Tuesday
Jan 31, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is holding a special Open Door Forum conference call at 1 p.m. (Eastern Time) Tuesday to discuss the “two-midnight” hospital inpatient policy. Callers...
Seniors housing association holds annual meeting
Jan 24, 2014
The American Seniors Housing Association will hold its annual meeting Sunday through Tuesday at the Turnberry Isle Resort in Aventura, FL. Association leaders and members will gather to discuss leadership...
Webinar focuses on nurses: ‘partners in health reform’
Jan 10, 2014
A 90-minute webinar will focus on frontline nurses — “the largest group of professionals involved in the delivery of healthcare” — in an event targeting C-suite leaders and others overseeing...
Caring for Holocaust survivors the focus of Senate hearing
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 03, 2014
Providers with Holocaust survivors will find special value in an upcoming hearing held by the Senate Special Committee on Aging. “Aging in comfort: Assessing the special needs of America’s...
This time they really mean it: CMS to host Jimmo ‘Open Door’ conference call Thursday
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 13, 2013
For the second week in a row, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has postponed an eagerly awaited SNF Open Door Forum conference call that will focus on accommodations from the Jimmo case and...