The American Health Care Association recently released The Long Term Care Survey. The latest version of the manual addresses changes to about a dozen F-tags (including F172, 175, 241, 242, 246, 247, 252,...
Dealing with a downturn
Jul 02, 2008
What’s the biggest mistake marketers can make during an economic downturn? According to 60% of the responses to a new American Marketing Association survey, the answer is halting or reducing spending...
New addition to McKnight’s Web site: Guest Columns
Jun 11, 2008
McKnights.com now features a section called “Guest Columns.” Jeff Petty, president and CEO of Wesley Enhanced Living, and McKnight’s columnist Anne Marie Barnett kick off the new addition...
CMS clarifies 45-day deadline for additional documentation requests
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 19, 2014
Certain auditors that are doing prepayment reviews of Medicare claims must tell providers that they have 45 days to produce any additional documents requested (ADR), according to a recent Survey & Certification...
Optimism increasing among skilled nursing CFOs, though Medicare Advantage a source of headaches
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 16, 2018
The majority of skilled nursing chief financial officers are more optimistic than last year about their ability to compete. But Medicare Advantage — and a few other factors — are dark spots in their...
Report calls for CMS to get tougher with nursing home complaint investigations
May 13, 2011
The Government Accountability Office has released a report calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement more oversight into nursing home complaint investigations.
New nurses feel ill-prepared to implement quality improvement measures, research finds
Jan 07, 2010
A large number of new nurses feel “poorly” or “very poorly” prepared to implement quality improvement measures. More than 12% say they hadn’t even heard of “quality...
CMS seeks feedback on Medicare contractors
Jan 06, 2009
CMS recently announced the fourth round of its Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey. The questionnaire lets randomly-selected providers critique the performance of Medicare fee-for-service...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Sept. 5
Sep 05, 2018
AHRQ to survey nursing homes on patient safety issues … Long-term care real estate investment trust may get pulled from NYSE for low stock price … Weight loss in elderly tied to increased risk...
Think tank says Labor numbers don’t add up on teen worker rule; providers fire back
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 12, 2018
A New York-based think tank is blasting a proposed law change that nursing home advocates say would help ease the field’s staffing struggles.