Care coordination is often stymied by incorrect understanding of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a former Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services official noted at LeadingAge’s...
Top CCRC posts see salary increases, report discovers
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 06, 2016
Directors of nursing at continuing care retirement communities now make an average annual salary of $92,680, according to a new report.
Providers get new pay model for readmits
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 04, 2016
Skilled nursing facilities moving into a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services model will need to reduce avoidable hospitalizations through intensive staff training and new treatments.
Senate bill tackling antipsychotics use
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2012
A new Senate bill would require long-term care facilities to report monthly on antipsychotic use.
Medicare funding to rise by $800 million?
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 06, 2016
While skilled nursing facilities could receive $800 million more in Medicare payment increases in fiscal year 2017, providers still must prepare for value-based purchasing incentives in two years.
CMS criticized over abuse-case handling
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2019
Abuse deficiencies cited in nursing homes more than doubled in four years, a Government Accountability Office report has found.
Fingerprint scanning leads to privacy fight
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 06, 2017
The latest tension between employee privacy and staffing procedures is embodied in an Illinois long-term care employee suing his workplace over twice-a-day required fingerprint scans.
Technology award winners raise bar for third annual McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2014
Compelling stories of improved resident engagement is how some winners of the third annual McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards caught the eyes of our independent panel of judges.
States spotty on checkups
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2016
An initiative that provides states with grants to implement background check programs is off to a slow-moving start, according to a recent report.
CMS provides Phase 3 relief
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2019
Providers will receive a reprieve on some new Requirements of Participation Phase 3 tenets, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has its way, agency officials said in July.