American-made portable chair does the heavy lifting
Feb 07, 2012
Detecto’s Model 475 chair scale features sturdy steel construction and lift-away armrests for patient assurance and precision weighing. Developed to ensure patient safety and comfort as well as to...
Sun reaches settlement over worker vacation payments
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2012
Sun Healthcare will pay more than $60,000 in a settlement over a failure to pay vacation wages to former employees, the Massachusetts Attorney General said in December.
Increasing length-of-stay
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 30, 2012
Length-of-stay — LOS — is one of those management reports that often leaves administrators and upper management bewildered. If you increase LOS, you essentially increase your census.
SNFs focused on individual therapy, new government report reveals
Jan 27, 2012
Skilled nursing facilities are almost exclusively putting residents in individual therapy, a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid says.
Does your therapy department have resolve?
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 16, 2012
It’s that time of year again, time to settle down and get refocused on our goals and … New Year’s resolutions that might have already been broken! Have you kept your resolutions? Has...
Providers to press lawmakers for lengthier ‘fixes’ for therapy caps, doc pay issues
Jan 06, 2012
LeadingAge will be administering “call-in” days to Congress next Thursday and Friday to lobby lawmakers for favorable funding consideration. Shortly before Christmas, legislators approved a...
How to profit from the new regulation changes
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 04, 2012
Has the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services underestimated us again? I hope so. On Oct. 1, 2011, CMS implemented new regulation changes that added a Change of Therapy, COT OMRA, MDS. I believe it...
A place to look for help
Jan 03, 2012
Robert C. Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Optimus EMR Inc.
No breaks for facilities when readmissions frequent: group
By
Mary Gustafson
Jan 03, 2012
Skilled nursing facilities with above-average rehospitalization rates should be subject to the same penalties hospitals face under the Affordable Care Act, a provider group says.
Tax guides address long-term care insurance
Dec 28, 2011
The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance has published two new guides detailing the 2012 tax-deductible limits and regulations pertaining to long-term care insurance protection. “The...