Ask the nursing expert: Is goal-setting realistic for nursing departments?
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Jan 03, 2012
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Ask the treatment expert: tips for determining if a foot wound is a diabetic ulcer or a pressure ulcer
By
Donna Sardina
Jun 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the nursing expert: first state survey jitters
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Nov 01, 2009
Anne Marie Barnett, RN, Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
Ask the payment expert
By
Patricia Boyer
May 01, 2008
I understand that many facilities are being cited during state surveys for not following standards of clinical practice. That citation is frequently cross-referenced to the assessment process. What can...
Medicare Advantage pay to jump as enrollment grows
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2018
Medicare Advantage plans will receive a 3.4% uptick in federal payments in 2019. That’s nearly 90% more than the 1.84% increase proposed in February. Notice of the bigger raise came in the Centers...
LTC exempted from newly-passed drug bill’s ‘lock-in’ provision
By
Mar 11, 2016
A bill passed by the Senate on Thursday is earning praise from a leading long-term care pharmacy group for exempting nursing homes from its controversial “lock-in” provision that limits Medicare...
Sequester would cost SNFs more than $782 million, hit Florida especially hard, report asserts
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 28, 2013
Skilled nursing facilities in highly populated states on the East Coast and in the Midwest would be hit hardest by Medicare cuts if sequestration takes effect, according to figures released by the Alliance...
AHCA, Alliance slam MedPAC for skilled nursing pay freeze recommendation; providers call for end to therapy...
Mar 04, 2010
This year’s recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission don’t take into account the worsening situation facing state Medicaid programs, and could prove harmful to senior care...
Nursing homes settle lawsuit involving Texas campaign financing
Oct 03, 2008
A legal imbroglio that put nursing homes in the spotlight of a Texas campaign financing controversy in 2002 has ended well for providers, according to a spokesman.
Study touts benefits of inpatient service over SNFs for therapy
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 27, 2007
As Congress deliberates on the implementation of the 75% Rule, nursing home providers are disputing findings in a new report that calls the therapy regulation “counterproductive.”