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As leaders in post-acute care, we need to stay abreast of the regulatory changes and its impact on our operations. In healthcare the one thing that remains consistent is change! Effective December 1, 2012,...

A new survey shows that despite the widespread use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in this country, there is a lack of understanding about these commonly used pain medications.

It is not a numbers game. Well, I guess it kind of is. Let’s face it: It is now common practice to monitor your facilities’ Five Star ratings.

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unlocked survey ratings for the first time since April, we analysts dove into the numbers expecting big changes. But as an earlier McKnight’s article...

The report titled “Uninspected and Neglected” by the majority staff of the US Senate Special Committee on Aging brings attention to a pressing issue: the severe understaffing of inspection agencies...

Admins with great surveys and high ratings use the State Operations Manual like a Bible.

The day after Thanksgiving, CMS further defined its intensions with the Five-Star Quality Rating System; more specifically how the new survey process and derivative data will be used in its calculation...

Tying reimbursement to investments in quality is a good idea, but it won’t work with the current Five-Star system.

I read recently that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is back at it again.  Instead of reasonably mandating surveyors be vaccinated, just as CMS has required nursing homes to be vaccinated,...

A survey for our adult day care center opened my eyes to how regulations do not always support triple aim, especially related to staffing.