A Vermont accountable care organization is trying out a new approach to better coordinating care between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
Lawmakers reintroduce bill to ensure observation stays count toward SNF coverage
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Mar 10, 2017
A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Wednesday that would require days spent by hospital patients in observation status count toward the three-day inpatient requirement for skilled nursing...
NASL praises bipartisan effort to delay Medicare competitive bidding program
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 14, 2013
The National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care has registered strong support for lawmakers who say the government should put the brakes on a Medicare competitive bidding program for durable...
Feds want to remove pain questions from hospital report cards to combat opioid abuse
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Jul 08, 2016
Clinicians may feel less pressure to prescribe opioids to hospital patients under a proposal made Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Bipartisan lawmakers revive observation stay legislation pushed by nursing homes
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Marty Stempniak
Mar 14, 2019
Industry advocates are praising proposed legislation that says patients under “observation status” at a hospital would be eligible to satisfy Medicare’s three-day requirement necessary for skilled...
State News for January 2016
Jan 04, 2016
MINNESOTA — Nearly 600 nursing assistants will be required to retake a certification test due to “suspicious” patterns in the results.
Something in the water?
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John O'Connor
May 02, 2011
Long-term care can seem like a pretty serious business. Perhaps rightfully so. Taking care of residents with dementia, pressure sores and bad attitudes — or worse — will never be mistaken for a weeklong...
Opinion — THE BIGPICTURE: Weighty advice for the future
Jul 06, 2007
You’ve no doubt heard the adages before: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure… A stitch in time saves nine. The directive embedded in both is to address an issue before it becomes...
Back to faxing orders?
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John Andrews
Jan 01, 2015
Medication order transmission standards changed from HL7 to NCPDP 10.6, but not all providers are caught up, increasing risks, time and possibility of errors
David Grabowski: Getting Geeky with LTC
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
David Grabowski Professor in Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School David Grabowski freely admits that he’s a “long-term care geek.” The professor of healthcare policy at Harvard Medical...