Hopes expected to rise for a unified rollout of MDS 3.0 and RUGs IV
Apr 23, 2010
Long-term care operators’ attention will be turning to their lobbyists and legislators, with hope that some sort of further adjustment can be made regarding this fall’s planned rollout of the...
Fresh off healthcare reform battle, Democrats pushing for financial regulatory reform
Apr 16, 2010
The Senate Majority Leader says he wants to air a financial regulatory reform bill before the full chamber next week. Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-NV) public statement about the thorny issue is a sign that...
MDS 3.0 training to start next week — for nursing home teachers
Apr 08, 2010
Doubling the opportunity to take part in the nation’s first “Train-the-Trainer” conference for the new MDS 3.0 nursing home assessment tool was not enough. Federal regulators are now...
The sorting out begins the week after healthcare reform passes
Mar 26, 2010
Long-term care providers, among others, will spend the run-up to the Easter holiday and beyond continuing to decipher more precisely what healthcare reform provisions mean for them in the short term and...
Long-term care managers and executives adding free CEU credits at fourth annual online expo
Mar 19, 2010
Providers have continued to sign up for next week’s McKnight’s Online Expo in record numbers. The fourth annual educational event takes place Wednesday and Thursday and can be registered for...
Providers flood Washington to meet, push long-term care agenda on Congress
Feb 19, 2010
The American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging (AAHSA) will hold its annual spring meeting and congressional fly-in Monday through Wednesday in Washington. Nonprofit facility owners and operators...
Long-term care operators and lawyers to face tough issues
Feb 11, 2010
Long-term care providers and their legal representatives will tackle some of their toughest issues Wednesday through Friday at the national “Long Term Care and the Law” seminar in Miami. Legal...
Therapy caps, payment, assessment reform to top long-term care conference
Feb 05, 2010
The future of Medicare Part B therapy caps will be a hot topic next week when the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL) holds its winter meeting at the Ritz Carlton in suburban...
Regulators: New releases for MDS 3.0 expected next week, rollout on schedule
Jan 22, 2010
The next milepost for sweeping changes in the Minimum Data Set should come next week, when Chapters 2 and 4 and an appendix of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) manual are published. The Centers...
Big hurdle cleared so let the REAL bickering over healthcare reform begin
Dec 23, 2009
After clearing key procedural votes already this week, the Senate is expected to pass its healthcare reform bill by a filibuster-proof margin early tomorrow morning. But there won’t be much reason...