Three reasons your SNF should sign up for CMS’s BPCI Advanced Program
By
Gene Huang
Nov 01, 2017
BPCI Advanced, or the next iteration of CMS’s Bundled Payment for Care Improvement initiative, is coming. Despite the recent shake-ups at HHS, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that enroll in the...
Wheezes and crackles and rhonchi, oh my!
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 31, 2017
Come on, people. We work in healthcare with the oath to protect the people we CARE for. So stop that whining and do what’s right.
Value of palliative care for those with End-Stage Renal Disease
By
John W. Halsey
Oct 30, 2017
Approximately 600,000 Americans live with ESRD, representing 1.1% of the Medicare population but 5.6% of Medicare costs.
Trickle-down negativity
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Oct 25, 2017
I’ve seen it so often it becomes routine: Your coworkers complain about everything, they keep complaining, you start complaining just to join in, and soon you’re involved in Complain-Fest 2017.
Looking at Massachusetts in LTSS reform
By
James Lomastro
Oct 20, 2017
We can learn a lot by examining Massachusetts, a state that has embraced healthcare reform and currently working to transform its Medicaid program.
Essentials of managing behavior in LTC
By
Richard Juman, PsyD
Oct 16, 2017
With all the recent restrictions on psychotropic medications in skilled nursing facilities, many facilities find themselves struggling with a resurgence in unwanted resident behaviors that were previously...
Don’t be a Humpty Dumpty leader: How to engage your inner creative self
By
Martie Moore
Oct 13, 2017
In my last article, I shared with you the latest research on employee and leader engagement. Let’s now look at what leaders can do to improve engagement and help themselves become an engaged leader.
Come fly with us!
By
Diane Carter
Oct 06, 2017
Watching the news these days, it’s easy to feel like nursing homes and those of us working in them aren’t doing anything right. I want to suggest otherwise.
But … we’ve always done it this way
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 04, 2017
Almost nothing burns my cookies more than when someone says, “I’ve always done it this way,” despite having poor outcomes.