Connecting the hospice compliance dots
If someone asked you if your hospice was compliant with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Office of Inspector General’s Effective Compliance Program Guidance for Hospice, what would you tell them?
Addressing improper billing
The government has put the RAC program on a shelf, while they determine how to deal with confusion among providers regarding billing short inpatient hospital stays. It’s time now to get the RAC program...
Volunteer calls out nursing homes for not delivering
After five years, Gary Gamponia says he has had enough frustration. His message to nursing home administrators and activities directors would likely be, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going...
Where were YOU when CMS changed the Five-Star rating system?
Some things will always stay etched in our mind. Where were you on February 12, when CMS publicly announced immediate changes to the Five Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes?
Mitchell joins board
Keiffer Jackson Mitchell Jr. has joined the Board of Directors at Roland Park Place, a CCRC in Baltimore.
An effective tool to reduce readmissions
Telemedicine is a new, powerful tool that’s proving value to skilled nursing facilities and has a direct impact on insurance spend, risk management and readmission rates.
The mess that is long-term care funding
In some ways, my parents did their children a great favor by dying early.
Gould promoted at East Ridge
Ken Gould is the new director of community operations for East Ridge at Cutler Bay in Florida.
Walters leads Friendship
Jessica Walters, MHA, LNHA, is the new administrator of Friendship Health and Rehab Center, a 373-bed skilled nursing facility in Roanoke, VA.
Thomas to lead Osborn Home Care
Michele Thomas is the new Executive Vice President of Osborn Home Care, a business unit stemming out of the New York senior living community.
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