Long-term care regulations the focus of McKnight’s next Super Tuesday webcast
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 06, 2012
Attendees at the next McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast will receive a 2012 regulatory update delivered by well-known expert Leah Klusch, RN, BSN, FACHCA. The executive director of the Alliance Training...
Compliance Store makes changes that aid site navigation
Feb 21, 2012
The Compliance Store recently revamped its website. Improvements include easier navigation, tab restructuring, site videos, and additional customer-friendly features. Compliance Store staff research more...
Frustrations of a persecuted provider boil over
By
Barry Bortz
Nov 01, 2011
What happens when a government and society create an evil enemy of the state? They begin by calling them monsters, a drain on society that is guilty of heinous crimes, and they use the legal system and...
Rockefeller introduces bill making MedPAC independent executive branch agency
May 27, 2009
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is a legislative entity whose purpose is to advise Congress on matters of Medicare reimbursement rates and coverage policies. Now, one senator has introduced...
Nursing home leaders to unveil new mentoring program at national conference
May 15, 2009
Major issues of the day, plus the start of a new mentoring program, will grab the spotlight at the 43rd annual convocation and exposition of the American College of Health Care Administrators this weekend...
Nursing home groups suggest $1 billion Medicare cuts could cost even more
May 13, 2009
Nursing home representatives and healthcare groups continued their attacks against a proposed FY 2010 $1.05 billion Medicare reduction on Tuesday with the release of a report indicating the cuts could...
Nursing home operators howl as government proposes slashing Medicare payments by $1 billion
May 04, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services set off a backlash from nursing home operators late Friday afternoon when it proposed “adjustments” that would cut Medicare payments by $1.05 billion...
F-tags with revisions on resident quality of life to be released in June
Apr 20, 2009
Eleven F-tags with revisions related to the quality of life and environment of nursing home residents will be available June 17.
CMS releases implementation timeline for MDS 3.0
Apr 20, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday released the timeline for MDS 3.0. This comes one week after the agency published a timeline and then pulled it off the site.
CMS issues new MDS 3.0 schedule — and quickly recalls it
Apr 13, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week posted on its Web site a new schedule for the planned October 2010 rollout of the new MDS 3.0. But the agency quickly removed it the same day.