Nursing homes may be targeted for turning away patients being treated for opioid addiction
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 18, 2018
Federal investigators could begin cracking down on nursing facilities that refuse admission to patients being treated for opioid addiction, experts are warning.
Be measurably fabulous
By
Steven Littlehale
Oct 01, 2012
On the heels of American Health Care Association announcing the adoption of PointRight’s OnPoint-30 rehospitalization metric, you may be wondering what it means exactly and what’s at stake....
How to do it: Information technology
Sep 01, 2011
Demands and expectations in the health information field are booming. Interoperability is the buzzword when discussing information technology for long-term care. This article offers expert advice on how...
Nursing home residents dead after Missouri tornado
May 25, 2011
At least 10 nursing home residents and one employee were killed in a Sunday tornado that hit Joplin, MO. The storm killed at least 117 people, and may have caused up to $3 billion in insured losses to...
How to do it… Resident security.
By
John Hall
Apr 06, 2015
All of the bells and whistles in the world won’t protect your staff and residents unless you spend the proper time and resources beforehand preparing for a new security system. Transitions from old...
Feeding assistants hired despite legal challenge
By
John Andrews
Jun 16, 2004
Skilled nursing providers continue to hire feeding assistants despite a pending investigation requested by two congressional leaders and a consumer advocacy group’s legal challenge.
A very tangled web
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2014
Medication management is as much art as science in a patient’s final days, and that can present multifaceted caregiving challenges for hospice providers
Therapy relief, but also plenty of provider concerns with newly published CMS payment rule
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 30, 2018
The federal government is delivering relief to therapy providers from a burdensome and long-running rule, but also causing concern for skilled care providers
The hospital lobby strikes again with the ‘60% Rule’
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2008
If you haven’t noticed by now, the ballyhooed “75% Rule” has been laid to rest. Long live the “60% Rule”!
Ultra High therapy billing prompts investigation, CMS says
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Mar 10, 2016
Concerns over skilled nursing facility residents receiving the highest levels of therapy in huge amounts have driven the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to turn the issue over to recovery audit...