CMS webinar to introduce information changes for Nursing Home Compare website
May 10, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make the platform for downloading data from the Nursing Home Compare website Data.Medicare.Gov in July. At 1 p.m. (Eastern Time) Thursday, the agency will...
Raucous debate on Senate health reform bill expected to start Tuesday
Nov 25, 2009
With most policy makers and planners taking a pause during Thanksgiving week, all eyes are looking ahead to Tuesday, when the Senate will kick off what could be several weeks of contentious debate over...
Experts to plan for short-cycle drug dispensing in long-term care
Oct 01, 2010
Leading pharmacy professionals will meet next Thursday and Friday in Dallas to discuss short-cycle dispensing and its potential impact on long-term care. Federal officials must create regulations for shorter...
It’s not too late: Your Tech Award awaits
By
James M. Berklan
May 21, 2021
Organizers are calling on all long-term care, senior living and home care operators to head to the McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit website by Tuesday (May 25) to fill in an entry form to gain recognition...
McKnight’s new Pinnacle Awards honor sector’s long-time professionals
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 07, 2022
The new McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards program is now accepting nominations to honor industry professionals who have had a long-time impact on the sector.
Feeling QAPI? Here’s where you need to be
Mar 29, 2013
A four-part series of webinars delving into QAPI mandates kicks off at 1 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday. “New QAPI requirements: designing, implementing and sustaining excellence” is the...
Pre-registration urged for Dec. 11 CMS call on PDPM
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 29, 2018
To help providers prepare for the new Patient-Driven Payment Model, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is hosting an informational call at 3 p.m. ET on December 11.
1 week to go: Deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards entries July 28
Jul 20, 2017
Providers have just more week to enter the 2017 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
National long-term care symposium opens amid reform debate
Sep 10, 2009
The effects of congressional proposals on long-term care residents and their caregivers will be put under the microscope Monday at the Fourth Annual Long Term Care Symposium in Washington.
All eyes to Washington as president, returning lawmakers re-ignite healthcare reform rhetoric
Sep 03, 2009
Members of the healthcare industry, and much of the rest of America, will turn their attention to the nation’s capital next week, when Congress and the White House will inject new life into the fight...