The Sixth Annual McKnight’s Online Expo is just around the corner. The virtual trade show will get you up-to-speed on the hottest topics in long-term care: payment, capital, technology, wound care...
Medical necessity — slippery for some
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Dec 02, 2011
Medical necessity has become a common phrase in healthcare terminology, but what exactly does it mean? Unfortunately, this term has become very subjective and is the primary reason we have been denied...
Final Super Tuesday webinar on MDS 3.0 to be held tomorrow
Sep 12, 2011
Is your facility scrambling to stay on top of possible Medicare changes with MDS 3.0? Let McKnights’ last 2011 Super Tuesday webinar, “Keeping pace with the MDS 3.0,” get you up to speed.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a national provider call Tuesday on skilled nursing facility payment changes for 2012 based on the new MDS 3.0 assessment system. Officials have called...
Super Tuesday 2 offering free CEUs at McKnight’s ‘Payment challenges & opportunities’...
Apr 28, 2011
Providers will learn about “Payment challenges and opportunities” Tuesday at the next McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast. Free CE credits will be offered for the first time. The event kicks...
DAY TWO: Payment, quality webinars round out 5th Annual Online Expo
Mar 24, 2011
Record crowds on Wednesday attended the first day of the 5th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo, which wraps up today with seminars focusing on payment issues and new quality initiatives. It’s not...
MedPAC recommendation of 0% pay increase for 2012 leaves long-term care providers fuming
Mar 16, 2011
Long-term care groups on Tuesday strongly criticized the latest round of recommendations to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
McKnight’s 5th Online Expo expands … to six months duration
Feb 07, 2011
Ignoring the adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” organizers of the McKnight’s Online Expo are changing the formula to their highly successful virtual trade show for long-term...
Grassley rips CMS Medicare contractors for inappropriate payments
Oct 12, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to have more oversight of Medicare contractors, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) recently argued.
Provider input sought for reform-driven quality strategy
Sep 17, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking input from nursing homes, hospitals and other healthcare providers on a proposed National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan.