We recently lost our MDS nurse and didn’t know what to do, as no one else knew how to do MDSs. What should we do differently now?
SNF operator, exec, to pay $2.5 million in false therapy claims case
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Oct 17, 2016
A Massachusetts-based skilled nursing operator and its director of long-term care have agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted inflated Medicare claims for therapy...
Who is Your Biggest Professional Inspiration? May 2012 Reader Poll
Jun 11, 2012
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CT nursing home, vendor partner to tackle survey deficiencies
Mar 27, 2018
A Connecticut skilled-nursing facility is partnering with one vendor to help it get ahead of any potential issues that government surveyors might find.
Ask the legal expert … about arbitration agreements
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John Durso
Apr 01, 2013
It seems like every time I see a news item about arbitration agreements being signed by a resident/patient’s surrogate or relative, some judges rules it invalid or unenforceable. Are they ever valid?...
How to do it… Finance
May 01, 2012
Obtaining capital to keep one’s long-term care operation running smoothly and improving is always a challenge. But there are times when an operator should consider going in the other direction — exiting...
60 Seconds With … Andrei Gonzales, M.D. Change Healthcare’s director of value-based pay initiatives
Jul 09, 2018
Andrei Gonzales, M.D. Change Healthcare’s director of value-based pay initiatives Q: How are SNFs pursuing value? A: Skilled nursing facilities that engage with physicians and acute-care hospitals...
Better policies her policy
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Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2012
From an early age onward, Judy Feder learned how to stick up for herself. The third of four girls raised by an English immigrant salesman and a bookkeeper mother, Feder says she was told by her father...
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May 14, 2018
Researchers: Committed couples who don’t cohabitate will complicate caregiving and long-term care decision-making … Psychological interventions can reduce chronic pain and make older adults...
60 Seconds with Lorainne Tarnove, Executive Director, American Medical Directors Association
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Haymarket Media
Apr 11, 2007
Q: What’s notable about the new Long Term Care Professional Leadership Council?
A: The professionals haven’t always been at the table. Without talking about the clinical issues, we didn’t...