What’s the biggest mistake marketers can make during an economic downturn? According to 60% of the responses to a new American Marketing Association survey, the answer is halting or reducing spending...
New addition to McKnight’s Web site: Guest Columns
Jun 11, 2008
McKnights.com now features a section called “Guest Columns.” Jeff Petty, president and CEO of Wesley Enhanced Living, and McKnight’s columnist Anne Marie Barnett kick off the new addition...
Clinical Briefs for Friday, May 8
By
Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
Lab cautions nursing homes about inaccurate coronavirus test kits … HCR ManorCare: 70% of COVID-19 infected employees asymptomatic … Nurse survey finds No.1 concern is infecting others, 38% reassigned...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, April 13
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2020
More than 2,200 COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes … Lack of data, testing puts residents at risk of coronavirus: provider survey … More evidence found that ultrasound can aid in delivering future Alzheimer’s...
CMS clarifies 45-day deadline for additional documentation requests
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 19, 2014
Certain auditors that are doing prepayment reviews of Medicare claims must tell providers that they have 45 days to produce any additional documents requested (ADR), according to a recent Survey & Certification...
How do we know the quality measures are based on accurate data?
Jan 01, 2008
According to CMS, the Quality Measures (QMs) are calculated using information from the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
Optimism increasing among skilled nursing CFOs, though Medicare Advantage a source of headaches
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 16, 2018
The majority of skilled nursing chief financial officers are more optimistic than last year about their ability to compete. But Medicare Advantage — and a few other factors — are dark spots in their...
Facility PPE reuse at crisis level, infection preventionists say
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 04, 2020
Fully three quarters of survey respondents say that their healthcare facilities have implemented crisis standards of care for personal protective equipment. The reuse rate is “disheartening,”...
Report calls for CMS to get tougher with nursing home complaint investigations
May 13, 2011
The Government Accountability Office has released a report calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement more oversight into nursing home complaint investigations.
New nurses feel ill-prepared to implement quality improvement measures, research finds
Jan 07, 2010
A large number of new nurses feel “poorly” or “very poorly” prepared to implement quality improvement measures. More than 12% say they hadn’t even heard of “quality...