Global experts seeking to reduce the risk of medical device-related pressure injuries and influence the design of new prevention technologies will issue their first consensus document this fall.
Ask The Treatment Expert
By
Jeri Lundgren
Aug 01, 2019
What should I consider when creating a skin integrity care plan? Start with a comprehensive risk assessment and skin inspection. Once the risk and skin assessments are complete, all identified risk factors...
Study: Move-in crucial time to lower resident suicide risk
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 01, 2019
A series of new studies has found that suicide in long-term care is an all-too-real concern, but it’s not one without opportunities for intervention.
Providers cheer QAPI and other RoP delays, alterations
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services delivered a Phase 3 reprieve of sorts in mid July.
Arbitration has checkered LTC history
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2019
There is at least a temporary end to the pinball existence of nursing home pre-dispute arbitration clauses now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule allowing them.
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.
New surgical decision aid
By
Mallory Hackett
Aug 01, 2019
A new program from the American College of Surgeons seeks to improve seniors’ health outcomes. The Geriatric Surgery Verification Program includes 30 standards to help patients make better healthcare...
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.
Feds say arbitration OK, but with caveats
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule July 16 allowing nursing home pre-dispute arbitration agreements — but it comes with significant strings attached.
How can you make sure your facility is trusted by Google?
By
Jim Fitzgerald
Jul 07, 2019
If you are a local marketer, you are likely all too familiar with the recent Google updates this year. They heavily impacted Google maps and organic rankings that appear in the Local 3-Pack, the most coveted...