Bundled payment: A potentially lost opportunity for providers
By
Brian Fuller
Apr 16, 2014
With all of the day-to-day pressures to thrive in today’s rapidly changing environment, it might seem that to voluntarily add a challenge, such as bundling, provides few benefits.
Focusing on technology for resident independence and confidence
By
Sean Slovenski
Apr 09, 2014
“Home” can mean a variety of different places for older adults — a senior living community, a guesthouse belonging to their children, or the same house they’ve lived in for 20 years....
Diagnosing cash flow problems in a SNF
By
Marco Terry
Apr 07, 2014
Nursing homes operate in a difficult environment where they face constant financial pressures. On the revenues side are payers who are always trying to negotiate lower prices and slower payments. On the...
LTC must pursue collaboration to reduce readmissions
By
Imran Javaid
Mar 24, 2014
Acute and post-acute providers are increasingly uniting around a shared goal – to lower hospital readmission rates for elderly and other vulnerable patients. Many caregivers and payers agree that...
Bed bugs continue to thrive, especially in the Midwest
By
Greg Baumann
Mar 17, 2014
For the second-straight year, Chicago finds itself No. 1 in Orkin’s rankings of the top bed bug infested U.S. cities, ranked in order by the number of bed bug treatments performed by Orkin. Los Angeles...
Delirium can hurt survey results
By
Debi Damas
Mar 10, 2014
Delirium can be deadly if not diagnosed and treated. If that should occur, we all know that an Immediate Jeopardy citation is just around the corner. Don’t let that happen to you and your residents.
Keeping score in 2014
By
Anne Tumlinson
Feb 21, 2014
If new payment reform initiatives sowed the seeds of small disruptions in 2013 — narrowing referral networks and prompting clinical integration, those seeds will start sprouting bigger disruption...
Resilient design: Building long-term care facilities
By
Curt Fessler
Feb 18, 2014
Resiliency demonstrates the ability to recover or adapt to change — to withstand external influence and become healthy again after disaster strikes. A community’s ability to be resilient is both...
Improving fleet and driver safety
By
Betty Norman
Feb 13, 2014
When you hear the word “fleet,” you might think of hundreds of school buses or thousands of trucks or vans. But organizations of all sizes own vehicles that help support their business operations....
Tackling the technology generation gap
By
Mike MacLeod
Feb 10, 2014
Technology companies, ours included, are always talking about the next generation of this or the next generation of that. Innovation is critical and has advanced our society, but I want to make sure we...