Senate passes bill targeting safe disposal of controlled substances
Aug 06, 2010
The Senate this week passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, a bill that relaxes certain rules regarding the disposal of controlled substances in long-term care facilities.
Senate bill addresses significant nursing home challenges
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 06, 2007
Senators late last week introduced a bill that offers reform in the areas of nursing home technology, employment and reimbursement.
Organization launches compensation study
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 20, 2007
The Hospital and Healthcare Compensation Service is currently conducting a national compensation study to gather specifics about rehabilitation jobs in nursing homes and hospitals.
Gentell’s Fastcare now includes QAPI reporting
Jan 06, 2015
Gentell Inc. has announced its Fastcare wound documentation and ordering now includes Quality Assurance Performance Improvement reporting capabilities.
Nursing home ‘worker’ headed for White House?
By
Haymarket Media
Apr 13, 2007
One presidential candidate did morning nursing-home rounds this week.
Ask the payment expert … about facility comparisons
By
Patricia Boyer
Sep 01, 2014
What information is available so we can compare our nursing facility to others in the industry?
Ask the legal expert … about winning resolution proceedings
By
John Durso
Sep 01, 2013
I’m tired of losing informal dispute resolution proceedings. How can I win one?
Nursing home does not need Supreme Court intervention to avoid birth control mandate, feds say
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 06, 2014
The federal government defended the Affordable Care Act’s so-called “contraception mandate” Friday in a Supreme Court filing against a Catholic long-term care provider. The ACA requires...
Hospice fraud in OIG crosshairs
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 20, 2016
Hospice fraud is an enforcement priority for the HHS Office of Inspector General, according to the head of the office.
Penalty process explained
By
Tim Mullaney
May 01, 2014
A long-term care facility that has been slapped with a civil monetary penalty has 10 days to file for an independent informal dispute resolution process, according to a recent manual update from the Centers...