Most medical practitioners servicing nursing homes and other types of long-term care facilities while also seeing patients in the office have found that their existing EHRs are not designed for the unique...
Addressing the problem of nighttime falls
By
Michael Chotiner
Dec 29, 2014
Most falls occur when residents are in their own rooms unattended, performing tasks such as getting in and out of bed.
Where’s my raise?
By
Dave Sedgwick
Nov 26, 2013
A relatively new administrator asked me a great question recently. He asked, “Do you (and should I) always give a raise along with an annual review?”
Therapy caps a big step closer to extinction
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 27, 2017
Could this really be happening? Medicare Part B therapy caps took a huge step toward vanishing for good on Thursday.
Ode to Joy
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 06, 2016
Let the record show that on the evening of Dec. 30, 2015 — otherwise known as New Year’s Eve Eve — I found myself in a buoyant and celebratory mood, craving a buoyant and celebratory beverage....
MDS data may hasten timely evacuations
By
Anna Fisher, Ph.D.
Sharon Metcalf, Ph.D.
Aug 06, 2015
It’s no surprise that natural disasters and man-caused emergencies disproportionately affect older adults.
The center of the long-term care universe — and it’s growing
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 05, 2014
From the president of the United States to healthcare regulators and providers of all stripe, the focus is increasingly on innovation and creating caregiving alliances. One place in the United States is...
Battling depression: Advice on how to make seniors feel valued by others
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Apr 17, 2014
Senior living providers can design programs that increase the opportunities for residents to be valued within their communities and in the outside world. They have nothing to lose but high depression rates....
Considering captives
By
Christopher M. Keith
May 03, 2013
For most operators, owners and CFOs in long-term care facilities, control is not a word that comes to mind when insurance is the topic. But with price increases hitting commercial insurance lines, market...
Final rule: Is it Christmas in July?
By
Renee Kinder
Aug 02, 2018
Therapists will have case-mix determinants based on clinical areas of the Minimal Data Set in addition to clinical categories which are associated with the acute care stay necessitating the need for a...