How is the new Quality Indicator Survey process going to affect facilities?
Health quality measures approved for adult Medicaid recipients as program faces growing pains
Aug 15, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services likely will focus on 24 health quality measures when evaluating care received by adult Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a draft from an Agency for Healthcare...
Quality issues to be covered in McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar
Jun 14, 2011
Pressure ulcers and falls are among the National Quality Forum Board’s 29 serious reportable events addressed in its 2011 report.
Rehospitalizations, antipsychotics focus of LTC quality measurements
Feb 23, 2012
Reducing rehospitalizations and the off-label use of antipsychotics were named top priorities by long-term care groups Wednesday.
CMS seeks to ease burdens for quality program
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 21, 2017
Small and rural providers may find it easier to participate in quality programs under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) following a proposed rule that the Centers for Medicare &...
Poll: Americans expect family members to enter senior living facilities
Apr 25, 2008
A total of 84% of Americans over the age of 50 expect an immediate family member to move into a senior living community within the next 10 years, a new poll found.
Take advantage of the changing long-term care marketplace, top execs urge
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 08, 2012
Long-term care providers should hone in on the changing needs of their market by embracing what customers want and will pay for, and by working to change the profession’s image problem, LTC executives...
Why providers aren’t elated about new pay-for-quality goals
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 28, 2015
You can forgive long-term care providers if they weren’t outwardly jumping for joy at Monday’s announcement that Medicare is going to start paying for quality, and not quantity, of services.
En route to recovery
By
Brett Bakshis
May 01, 2008
Rehab Road is the jewel of an Ohio facility’s progressive therapy environment that helps prepare residents for their trip back home.
Help people prepare for aging
By
Anthony Cirillo
Jul 27, 2010
Long-term care organizations have a responsibility to teach people about living quality lives as older adults. It also makes business sense to do so.