I rinse out my used plastic bags. Maybe not all the time, but often … I do love our Mother Earth, but that wasn’t driving my behavior.
Payment accuracy is a calling
By
Kristin Walter
May 22, 2017
Careers in the healthcare field span such a wide variety of applications – with some passionately drawn to provide care for vulnerable patients like children or the elderly, while others are attracted...
Warnings about Medicare’s future continue to be ignored
Mar 17, 2017
The Government Accountability Office has released its 2017 “High Risk List,” which identifies federal agencies and programs vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement.
What boomers want
By
Ben Mandelbaum
Jul 17, 2015
More seniors are making a move into long-term care as a lifestyle choice, thereby taking advantage of the array of products and services available for seniors at virtually every physical state, from the...
How to encourage your staff without spending a chunk of change
By
Paul White, Ph.D.
Jun 13, 2011
Like most businesses today, one of the biggest issues nursing homes and long-term care facilities have to deal with is the lack of financial resources. Virtually every organization has to “do more...
After economic storm, new long-term care business strategies
By
Jeffrey Girardi, Dan Hermann and other contributors
Oct 26, 2010
Long-term care organizations are looking differently at their operations as a result of the economic crisis of 2008 and 2009.
How to give feedback that gets results
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Oct 12, 2021
Whether coaching supervisors on leadership skills or teaching employees to follow proper infection control procedures, the way in which feedback is offered can have an enormous impact on how it’s received...
Improving Medicare billing oversight is an easy choice
By
Kristin Walter
Nov 16, 2018
While there are a lot of very tough financial decisions looming in order to address the federal budget, we ask Congress to make a simple one – please step forward and authorize a Medicare RAC prepayment...
Congress should require more Medicare claim auditing — before and after payment
By
Kristin Walter
Mar 16, 2018
There is a much more efficient solution to reducing Medicare spending than the proposed broad cuts to the program budget: Reduce the billions of dollars in incorrect payments each year.
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...