Ask the treatment expert: How do we prevent and treat venous stasis ulcers in our facility?
By
Mary P. Evans, M.D., CMD, CWSP
Sep 01, 2021
How do we prevent and treat venous stasis ulcers in our facility?
Ask the care expert: Can you help me see what makes one therapy company better than another?
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Apr 01, 2021
I’m new to long-term care. Can you help me see what makes one therapy company better than another?
Ask the care expert
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Nov 01, 2021
I am a new IP Nurse and trying hard to provide the best quality of care with my team during these stressful time. I hear there is a new precaution other than contact, and the few we are accustomed to using....
Ask The Payment Expert: Why is reimbursement less than the published Medicare rate?
By
Caryn Adams
Apr 04, 2019
There are multiple factors that are impacting facility rates this year, and it can be quite confusing.
How to do it … Make bath time a safer time
By
John Hall
Sep 01, 2021
COVID not only upended lives, but for thousands of nursing home residents, it washed away the kinds of daily routines and rituals that help instill calm and order. Bathing practices were no exception,...
October IT Update
Oct 01, 2020
Nursing home residents would have quicker access to breakthrough technologies as treatment options under a new Medicare coverage pathway proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Ask The Treatment Expert: Wounds and PDPM
By
Jeri Lundgren
May 01, 2019
Ensuring proper diagnoses and assessments of wounds is key. Under the Patient-Driven Payment Model, wounds can impact reimbursement under the nursing and non-therapy ancillary (NTA) components.
Ask The Treatment Expert: Preventing sepsis
By
Jeri Lundgren
Apr 04, 2019
If you suspect a wound is infected, you need to optimize the resident’s health by rapidly debriding any nonviable tissue, using antibiotics in a targeted manner, evaluating nutritional status, stabilizing...
September IT Update
Sep 01, 2020
The virtual 2020 Collaborative Care & HIT Summit will take place Sept. 15–17 with a focus on highlighting the need for technologies in aging services, including telehealth and Fast Healthcare Interoperability...
July/August IT Briefs
Jul 07, 2020
Wyld Networks is applying its mobile mesh technology to help protect nursing home residents, staff and visitors and prevent the spread of COVID-19 or other viruses by creating geozones.