Recovery Audit Contractors that make incorrect accusations should be penalized, an influential physicians group is urging.
Pay equality endorsed again
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 01, 2015
Congress should consider site-neutral payments for post-acute providers as a way to cut federal healthcare spending, a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission official told a House panel in December.
Signed budget fuels agencies and ACA
By
John O'Connor
Jan 01, 2015
President Obama has signed a $1.1 trillion spending package that funds most federal agencies through September.
Hallmark partners with LTC collaborative
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 01, 2015
The Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative has partnered with Hallmark Business Connections for an employee recognition program called “You Make a Difference.”
A Day in the Life: Blankets for the brotherhood
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 01, 2015
A World War II soldier’s wool coat had hung in a closet since 1948 — until the man’s wife brought it to A.E. Casey Hermanson. She knew that Hermanson could give the coat a second life by...
Back to faxing orders?
By
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
Investing in your people
By
Julie Williamson
Jan 01, 2015
Lenders are increasing examining staff ratios, quality metrics and stability in long-term care facilities in order to determine capital availability for operators
Parkinson’s, psychosis
By
Joseph H. Friedman, M.D.
Jan 01, 2015
The single most important precipitant for placement of Parkinson’s disease patients in a long-term care facility is psychiatric dysfunction, particularly psychosis.
Less may offer more
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 01, 2015
In an attempt to learn if I’m allergic to gluten, nuts or dairy, I might have also simultaneously stumbled onto a strategy for solving all problems in life and long-term care management.
ACO rule polishing could mean good things ahead
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2015
Federal health officials have signaled that they are intent on getting this accountable care organization thing right.