When you provide long-term care services, lawsuits pretty much come with the territory.
Foot casts may limit harm caused by neuroarthropathy
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Jul 06, 2015
Serial casting, which typically uses plaster or fiberglass casts to correct pediatric deformities while the bones are more pliable, could be used to effectively treat Charcot neuroarthropathy, a case study...
Skin in the MDS game
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John Andrews
Jul 06, 2015
Skin care and continence assessment are two of the most challenging sections of the Minimum Data Set. Here’s how to generate positive outcomes
CA combines 280,000 LTC workers to form largest nationwide union
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Holly Petrovich
Jul 02, 2015
Long-term care workers from 37 counties in California have combined into the largest local union in the country, the Service Employees International Union announced Tuesday.
New OIG litigation team will tackle Medicare, Medicaid fraud cases
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Jul 02, 2015
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has created a new team of attorneys focused solely on litigation involving Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
LA could receive $15 million to improve nursing home inspections
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Jun 30, 2015
A proposed contract between California and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health could result in $15 million in additional funding to improve oversight and delays in nursing home investigations.
Law allowing facilities to make medical decisions for incompetent residents is unconstitutional, judge...
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Holly Petrovich
Jun 29, 2015
A California law allowing nursing homes to make medical decisions for mentally incompetent residents was declared unconstitutional Wednesday.
Florida’s new assisted living standards a win for nurses
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Jun 22, 2015
Florida’s new state standards for nurses in assisted living facilities may boost recruiting and allow freedom in performing medical functions for residents.
AHCA supports push for clarity in value-based purchasing, quality program implementation, leader says
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Jun 19, 2015
Quality reporting and value-based purchasing should be coordinated with the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, the American Health Care Association and American Hospital Association agreed this week.
MedPAC calls for loosening of ‘3-day’ qualifying stay, RAC auditing reforms
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James M. Berklan
Jun 16, 2015
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending allowing nursing home coverage for beneficiaries who have spent as little as one day in hospital inpatient status, combined with up to two days...