The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has a new mission providers need to be keenly aware of, a prominent long-term care payment expert cautions.
Ban targets visitors, dining
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2020
Nursing homes were directed to prohibit all visitors to its facilities and cease all communal dining under federal guidance issued March 13. The directive aimed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus,...
Suit: SNF liable for overdose
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2015
A nursing home owner whose former employee died of an overdose is being sued in San Luis Obispo (CA) Superior Court.
RNs may need 4-year degree
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2012
A firestorm of commentary broke out last month upon news that New York lawmakers might soon again debate a bill that would require registered nurses to attain a four-year bachelor’s degree.
Providers force feds’ hand on COVID-19 reporting guidance
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2020
Some legal aspects about publicly reporting nursing homes’ COVID-19 infection rates and deaths were being ironed out as of press time. But federal authorities made it clear in late April that facilities...
Hearings put mandate designers on hotseat
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 12, 2024
Federal lawmakers grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra two weeks in a row at hearings in March over regulators’ plans to impose a nurse staffing minimum on nursing homes.
Concession likely to ease pain-drug flow
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2011
After following through on a threat to hold the nomination of Michelle Leonhart to lead the Drug Enforcement Agency due to her inability or unwillingness to address an issue dear to nursing home operators,...
No forgiveness for MDS errors?
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2011
Providers who aren’t completely up to speed in understanding new MDS 3.0 requirements could be in for a very rude awakening, according to a well-known expert on payment and assessment systems.
Providers catch big break as MDS 3.0 gets one-year delay
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2009
Nursing homes have an extra year to prepare for MDS 3.0 after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services disclosed it would delay implementing the program overhaul until October 2010.
13th Online Expo explores quality, pay, tech
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 07, 2019
New Year’s resolutions may have worn off by now, but the opportunity to better yourself professionally will never be greater than at the end of this month, thanks to the McKnight’s Online Expo.