Docs offer 3 solutions to patients being ‘rehabbed to death’ in nursing homes
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 01, 2019
Three San Francisco-based clinicians are raising the red flag about dying patients being unnecessarily cycled back and forth between hospitals and nursing homes, and they have some ideas to fix the practice.
‘Don’t be greedy’ — Report urges SNF landlords to foster ‘win-win’ relationships
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 14, 2019
A new report notes that rents are likely too high in the skilled-nursing industry and will need to come down to foster a healthier relationship between owner and operators.
Long-term care provider launches pilot program, using volunteers to help address staffing shortages
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Marty Stempniak
Jan 11, 2019
Faced with chronic staffing shortages, one Canadian nursing home is deploying volunteers to help out during mealtime.
Ventilator disconnection that led to resident death prompted increase in staffing, report notes
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 07, 2019
A ventilator leak at a Minnesota nursing home led to a resident’s death last year, causing the facility to become more aggressive in monitoring, a new report finds.
ACOs are operating as Medicare Advantage plans without authority, AHCA says
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 02, 2019
The nation’s largest nursing home trade group is expressing “deep” concern about accountable care organizations following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ announcement of an overhaul...
What nursing homes can learn from a ‘troubling’ court decision on sexual consent
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
Navigating the nuances of nursing home resident sexual encounters has to be an extremely difficult proposition for administrators, and things just got a little thornier after a recent court ruling. The...
Hospitals participating in joint-replacement bundle more likely to use narrow network of SNFs
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 07, 2018
Hospitals participating in a bundled payment initiative for patients receiving joint replacements are more likely to narrow the network of nursing homes they use.
Feds agree with industry: Site-neutral payments are necessary
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 06, 2018
Federal agencies are touting a uniform payment program for the post-acute sector as one possible way to bolster competition and choice in healthcare, according to a new report.
CMS intensifying nursing home staffing oversight; providers say it won’t help
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 03, 2018
Following national furor over nursing home staffing levels, the federal government says it’s taking new actions to tighten its oversight. Industry advocates, meanwhile, say the changes won’t help.
Genesis touts rosy third quarter, with uptick in 85-plus occupancy
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 09, 2018
It’s been years since Genesis Healthcare has seen numbers like this.