Ask the nursing expert… about the difference between retention and turnover
By
Amy Stewart
Apr 12, 2024
What is the difference between staff retention and turnover, and how can I use these metrics in our Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) meetings?
Ask The Legal Expert
By
John Durso
Aug 01, 2019
We want to make sure our staff is fully connected by text for scheduling and other updates. Can we make employee use of personal phones a condition of employment? How do we respect privacy issues...
Ask the payment expert: How are reviewers determining PDPM payment accuracy from Section GG coding?
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Apr 01, 2021
How are reviewers determining PDPM payment accuracy from Section GG coding?
How to do it … Documenting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By
John Hall
Mar 01, 2021
In assessing the obstacles in the sometimes-bumpy vaccine rollout last December, Harvard Medical School healthcare policy professor David Grabowski echoed a familiar refrain among critics about “the...
60 seconds with … Fred Bentley
Nov 01, 2020
Fred Bentley, Managing Director, Avalere
Ask the nursing expert: What should we be doing to prepare for this SNF QRP measure?
By
Amy Stewart
Oct 01, 2021
CMS has finalized the SNF Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Requiring Hospitalization measure in the Fiscal Year 2022 SNF PPS Final Rule. What should we be doing to prepare for this SNF QRP measure?
Having My Say: The perils that loom with trauma-informed care
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Nov 14, 2019
Trauma-informed care is becoming a mandate later this month, and while I think it’s a good thing to pay more attention to the emotional experience of residents, I’m worried about how asking them about...
Staffing firms strive to keep both staff, employers whole
By
John Hall
Sep 01, 2020
Certification programs, training, other efforts geared to address shortages caused by effects of COVID-19.
Ask the payment expert: How should we appropriately query the physician to support diagnosis coding...
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Apr 01, 2022
Q: How should we appropriately query the physician to support diagnosis coding for PDPM reimbursement?
CMS proposes 2.3% boost for 2021 Medicare pay rate
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2020
Nursing home providers were pleased to learn in mid-April about a proposed 2.3% Medicare pay hike for fiscal 2021.