Post-acute care providers and other interested stakeholders are invited to an informational conference call on the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation of 2014 (IMPACT Act). The 90-minute...
Providers to have access to Five-Star Quality Rating System helpline again
Aug 20, 2010
Providers can register concerns with and ask questions of regulators from Monday through next Friday on a nursing-home ratings hotline that is open only for five days every three months. Provider previews...
Alzheimer’s experts convene for annual meeting
Jul 09, 2010
Top scientists and other experts are meeting Saturday through Thursday at the Alzheimer’s Association’s International Council on Alzheimer’s Disease in Honolulu. The gathering is billed...
CMS to post new nursing home Five-Star Quality Ratings
May 22, 2009
Nursing homes’ newly updated star ratings will be made public Thursday on the Nursing Home Compare Web site. Providers have had since Wednesday to review their status and communicate any necessary...
Next week’s SNF Open Door Forum rescheduled
Jan 06, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has decided not to hold a Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Services Open Door Forum conference call in January. The agency announced that it has “rescheduled”...
CMS offers training event on SNF QRP
By
Phil Brahm
Jun 02, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a training event for the Skilled Nursing Facilities Quality Reporting Program, June 21-22 in Atlanta, GA.
Deadlines nearing for salary and benefits reports
Mar 03, 2016
Providers at nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities are being asked to take part in the biggest annual salary surveys of their kind.
14th annual LTC HIT summit heating up
Mar 30, 2018
Organizers have put out the early call to make reservations for the 14th annual Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health IT Summit, which will be held June 24-26 in the nation’s capital.
State leaders meet to discuss funding, legislative challenges
Jul 23, 2010
Policymakers will have their eyes on the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit from Sunday through Wednesday in Louisville, KY. States’ funding crises, including what...
Learn how to empower nurses
Aug 06, 2015
McKnight’s Super Tuesday on August 11 will discuss how nurses and technology can be combined to create a long-term care powerhouse. Expert Jillene Snow will lead this CE-approved webinar, which kicks...