Anne Marie Barnett, RN Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
The ‘I’ in Toxic Team
By
Gary Tetz
Dec 06, 2017
Have you ever been a member of a Toxic Team in long-term care? Where you’re always watching your back, thinking you’re a martyr, wondering what so-and-so meant when he or she said this or that,...
Ask the payment expert … about MDS staffing
By
Patricia Boyer
Sep 01, 2013
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
By
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
Reader Poll Responses for May 2012
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...
Ask the legal expert … about arbitration agreements
By
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?...
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.
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...
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...