Long-term care staffers’ understanding of the Minimum Data Set and its Quality Indicators is “mediocre at best,” according to recent survey results. Lack of exposure and involvement are...
Providers just have to look for their bright spots
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2016
Long-term care operators have plenty of reasons to recoil and lick their wounds over the course of a year. But sometimes they need to seek the light and resist the “woe is us” mentality.
Nurses again rated tops, but you’d hardly know it
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 03, 2012
Sometimes long-term care nurses feel like step-sisters to their acute-care counterparts. Face it: Hospital nurses usually get the glory.
Providers unsure about EHR ‘meaningful use’ provisions
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 02, 2011
“Meaningful use” requirements providers must meet for Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs continue to concern caregivers.
OIG to study contractors
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2012
A new federal work plan declares that even the Medicare contractors charged with keeping close tabs on long-term care facilities will be put under the microscope during fiscal 2013.
Experts warn of skilled nursing market changes, researchers offer strategies to avert havoc
By
James M. Berklan
May 10, 2016
Preliminary results of a survey of 36 large skilled nursing company CEOs paint a challenging picture for operators, who will either rise profitably from already strong positions, improve with proper initiatives...
State agencies called too lax
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to toughen up oversight of complaints about nursing homes, investigators say.
National rankings put officials on hot seat
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2008
Federal regulators have put themselves on the spot as a result of their new five-star rating system for nursing homes.
Lawmakers demand answers, imply oversight is inadequate
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2018
Legislators’ request for sweeping information about federal regulators’ oversight of nursing homes is part of a House Energy and Commerce Committee official inquiry. A letter from four U.S....
Error reporting too problematic
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2011
Providers need to make it easier for nurses to disclose errors that are committed in nursing homes, according to researchers of a unique study.