The single most cited F-tag in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services survey is F-323 in regards to resident safety and supervision.
PBJ tips to consider before changing companies
By
Cheryl Field
Feb 08, 2017
Mapping job codes from a new time and attendance company will take a week or more when working with your vendors.
What is your vision for PACE expansion and innovation?
By
Jade Gong
Jan 30, 2017
In the final days of the Obama administration, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services provided a parting gift to the PACE community by issuing a Request for Information seeking stakeholder input on...
A sensible approach to clearing the Medicare appeals backlog
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 20, 2017
While hospitals and long-term care providers often disagree, providers are united on the thorny topic of backlogs for Medicare appeals.
Weinert joins MMP
Jan 18, 2017
Ron Weinert has joined Medication Management Partners as its chief administrative officer.
Ron Weinert has joined Medication Management Partners as its chief administrative officer.
What to do when a POA agent doesn’t pay
By
William W. Sleeth III
Jan 11, 2017
Long-term care facilities traditionally take steps to ensure that residents have a financial and a healthcare power of attorney in place upon admittance. But what happens when an agent named under a POA...
What you don’t see can hurt you
Dec 28, 2016
For many managers of long-term care facilities, paying close attention to procurement and the ordering of supplies is not an area that typically receives a lot of their focus.
Social engineering attacks against healthcare
By
John DiMaggio
Dec 27, 2016
There are literally hundreds of possible social engineering tactics.
Historic effort underway to build future generation of aging services leaders
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 21, 2016
Federal lawmakers often seem to look down on aging care professionals, but it might not be long before they’re looking up to them to learn how to get things done.
Marketing Matters: Making deadlines
By
Pam Selker Rak
Dec 19, 2016
There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of pressure in healthcare. But in healthcare marketing, the pressure is the ability to meet deadlines; and if you can’t meet them, you’re wasting...