McKnight’s Online Expo may break attendance records
Mar 15, 2011
Next week’s McKnight’s Online Expo is attracting record registrations. The two-day event kicks off next Wednesday, March 23. Long-term care administrators can earn up to five continuing education...
Public trusts nurses over doctors, clergy, Gallup poll finds
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Haymarket Media
Dec 07, 2005
Nurses were tops again in the latest Gallup poll of the most “ethical” professions.
Chain-tied entrants are not disrupting local competition
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Jun 05, 2017
The number of nursing homes affiliated with a chain provider has increased in recent years, with independent facilities becoming less common. But chains’ growth typically poses little threat to local...
Improving nurses’ ability to cope with workplace mistreatment crucial to retention, study says
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Oct 20, 2016
Providing nursing staff with tools to handle workplace stress and mistreatment from colleagues is important in retaining staff and maintaining quality, a new study shows.
Ask the Payment Expert about… bundled payments
By
Patricia Boyer
Oct 05, 2015
Is it true that hospitals may be able to send patients to us following joint replacement surgery without a three-day hospital stay?
Ask the payment expert … about MDS
Mar 04, 2015
The state may be using the MDS data and RUG levels to determine the “expected staffing” that compares the staffing levels to the RUGs levels.
Bad news, good ideas
By
William C. Fisher
Oct 01, 2013
There is bad news about nonprofit investment returns. Organizations made changes to their asset allocation policies in 2012 that reduced returns. It is thought such changes were a reaction to market trends...
States ultimately will opt into Medicaid expansion: CMS official
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 31, 2012
All states will eventually participate in the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion once governors weigh its costs against its benefits, a top Medicaid official predicted Monday.
Ask the payment expert: will state Medicaid payments change with the switch to Medicare RUGs IV?
DONs most stressed over staff issues, long-term care survey suggests
Nov 20, 2008
Staff recruitment and retention issues are the biggest headaches for directors of nursing. That is according to the latest edition of the Senior Care Digest Interdisciplinary Report released this week.