Republican lawmakers accuse CMS of focusing on recovering, not preventing, improper payments
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Sep 13, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relies too much on investigating improper Medicare payments after they’re made instead of preventing them to begin with, Republican lawmakers said Monday.
House committee slams Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s lack of savings, ‘unelected’...
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Sep 08, 2016
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation has spent almost $6.1 billion on demonstration projects without showing any tangible savings, say Republican lawmakers.
We need to have a talk
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John O'Connor
Sep 05, 2016
Some necessary conversations tend to be awkward and uncomfortable.
Ask the Payment Expert about … Medicare data
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Patricia Boyer
Sep 05, 2016
It seems like Medicare always has so much information about us. How can we access that data?
Static on the line
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John Hall
Sep 05, 2016
Connectivity one of the rural provider IT challenges that also can affect others
Design Decisions: Focus on resident privacy
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John Andrews
Sep 05, 2016
Sunny Hill Nursing Home responds to calls for more privacy with solo focus: renovation that affects the entire building
The magic of music
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Gary Tetz
Sep 05, 2016
Corn loves classical music. It’s all ears for the stuff.
Ask the Nursing Expert about … administrator relationships
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Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Sep 05, 2016
What are ways a director of nursing can adopt to “get in good” with the boss (the administrator)?
Ask the Care Expert about … preparing for time off
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Sherrie Dornberger
Sep 05, 2016
I love going to conferences and I learn a lot, but it seems like they always put me in a hole at work, both before and after. What can I do?
2017 Color of the Year announced
Aug 30, 2016
Sherwin-Williams has named Poised Taupe (SW 6039) as the 2017 Color of the Year.