We have a family that insists on bringing in a space heater for their mom’s room during the winter to “make her happy.” Are space heaters permitted in rooms in skilled facilities such...
Reader Poll: What is the best thing your manager does to help you in your job?
Apr 05, 2017
“He (Board Chairman of the Reformed Church Home Reed Feuster) encourages me. He always makes a point to thank us and offer help. It’s kind of refreshing to get outside support. At the board...
Profile: The thrill is far from gone
Dec 01, 2014
Growing up in a big family, Deborah Green’s tenacious spirit developed out of necessity: “As one of six kids, I was always vying for my parents’ attention,” says the executive vice...
Ask the payment expert … about RACs
Apr 06, 2015
I thought the Recovery Audit Contractors were on hold, so why did I receive a request from our RAC for a Medicare Advantage resident?
Ask the nursing expert
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Jan 01, 2009
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
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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
Reader Poll Responses for May 2012
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.