Accuracy with ADL coding
If there’s one overwhelming challenge in a long-term care setting, it’s how to code the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
If there’s one overwhelming challenge in a long-term care setting, it’s how to code the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
My expectations were pretty low when I first saw a press release about “the #1 scripted drama series on YouTube” called “Ruth & Erica.” The Internet-only show follows a “woman...
Tom Scully wondered privately before his keynote address at a seniors housing and care conference last week why he was being asked to speak. Afterwards, long-term care executives in the audience were probably...
There’s a tenet in healthcare that runs deep: a patient’s relationship with his or her doctor is sacred.This core value is an important piece of one of the hottest topics in healthcare today:...
If the AARP convention last week was any indication, some seniors aren’t buying what Paul Ryan is selling. The question is, are you?
Did you hear the one about the seasoned detective who finds a body in a field? Surrounded by young detectives, he immediately announces, “She was a nurse and worked in long term care!” Stunned,...
Staffing has always been a major challenge in the seniors housing and care sector. And a new health insurance requirement scheduled to take effect in less than 16 months could worsen the problem.
Today marks World Alzheimer’s Day. And it’s as good a time as any to reflect on the damage this fatal disease is spreading.
Having grown up in what my fellow Chicagoland residents would classify as a rural community (or where locals can count their city’s traffic lights on one hand), I understand how frustrating it can...
The Five-Star System has a systematic and profound bias that favors smaller facilities and penalizes larger facilities.