What can we expect with targeted probe-and-educate programs resuming?
Ask the legal expert: What can we do to improve our situation with regard to so-called “granny cams”...
By
John Durso
Apr 01, 2020
What can we do to improve our situation with regard to so-called “granny cams” in residents’ rooms?
Life Care Centers settles pregnancy suit
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2020
Skilled nursing provider Life Care Centers of America and an affiliate will pay $170,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Greystone to take over chain following large-scale default
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 02, 2020
New York real estate finance firm Greystone will assume control of a group of nursing homes following a record-setting nursing home mortgage default.
Oxygen therapy shifts makeup of DFUs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2020
A small study of patients with diabetic foot ulcers showed that using topical oxygen as part of treatment can encourage the growth of healthy bacteria — making this a possible alternative to antibiotics.
Landlord doubts Senior Care Centers’ chances at survival
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 04, 2019
A California-based skilled nursing landlord said it suspected that Texas’ largest operator would not be able to come out of bankruptcy and was therefore actively looking for another tenant.
Ask The Payment Expert: Why is reimbursement less than the published Medicare rate?
By
Caryn Adams
Apr 04, 2019
There are multiple factors that are impacting facility rates this year, and it can be quite confusing.
Second chance for losing whistleblower
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 07, 2019
A Tennessee provider must still face claims that it retaliated against a whistleblower, despite a judge throwing out the original claims.
Ask The Payment Expert
By
Caryn Adams
Aug 01, 2019
With just about six weeks until the PDPM rollout, what should be occurring at our facility? With the October 1 Patient-Drive Payment Model implementation date fast approaching, there are many tasks that...
Ask the payment expert … about VBP incentive pay
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
May 03, 2023
How should we manage SNF value-based purchasing measures to receive incentive payments?