It was a long first day, but there was tremendous value and everyone who is here has learned what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ positions are with the April updates and some of the...
CMS to host overflowing national conference sessions on MDS 3.0 changes
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a pair of two-day MDS 3.0 Conferences for providers next week in St. Louis. The initial session (Tuesday-Wednesday) filled so quickly, regulators...
McKnight’s Online Expo to cover audits, payments for SNFs
Feb 14, 2012
Medicare’s recovery audit contractors (RAC) program recovered $398 million in overpayments in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, according to a government report.
Increasing length-of-stay
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 30, 2012
Length-of-stay — LOS — is one of those management reports that often leaves administrators and upper management bewildered. If you increase LOS, you essentially increase your census.
Let’s change ‘Activity Director’ to ‘Chief Experience Officer’
By
Anthony Cirillo
Nov 29, 2011
Back in Philadelphia, I was a hospital executive who moonlighted as a musician and singer in bands, casinos and nightclubs. When I tired of the band scene, I was looking for an outlet for my musical talents...
Another CMS conference call will absorb overflow of popular MDS 3.0 update session
Aug 26, 2011
Overwhelmed by the initial outpouring of long-term care providers wanting to learn more about pending changes to the MDS 3.0 system, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host an additional...
CMS to repeat MDS 3.0 training conference call
Aug 25, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have announced that it will host an additional conference call on Sept. 1 about policy changes to MDS 3.0 for 2012.
MDS 3.0 Challenges
By
Teri Weiman, SSD-AD
Jul 29, 2011
Our Minimum Data Set coordinator gave me warning that the social services section was going to be increased “exponentially” with MDS 3.0. I prepared well, but am I the only one who still cringes...
Nursing home operators must embrace quality efforts now
Jun 15, 2011
The risks of long-term care providers not improving quality are growing larger and more expensive every day, cautioned a nationally known expert Tuesday during a McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar.
CMS long-term care conference call to feature MDS 3.0 update, updates on other issues
Jun 09, 2011
Federal regulators will hold their monthly national conference call for long-term care providers at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Skilled Nursing Facility/Long...