3 strategies for improved medication management communications in SNFs
By
Anne Tumlinson
Mar 17, 2014
One area where many SNFs have room to improve is medication management. Optimizing medication management services during care transitions will position SNFs as high-value partners in the preferred referral...
Rehab providers offer study results to argue against site-neutral payments
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 12, 2014
Patients generally have better clinical outcomes and live longer if they are treated in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital rather than a skilled nursing facility, according to a study commissioned by...
Feature: Prescribing Unity
By
John Andrews
Feb 01, 2014
Assembling a well-coordinated medication management team requires solid communication, collaboration and convergence of clinical professionals
Senior living company can pay referral fees for new residents despite kickback concerns, OIG advisory...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 23, 2014
A nonprofit senior housing and care provider can continue to pay an agency for referring new residents, despite concerns related to anti-kickback laws, according to a newly released government opinion.
Ask the care expert … about water temperature in SNFs
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jan 01, 2014
The nursing and maintenance departments are feuding over the water temperature. What should it be in a skilled care unit?
CARES Act would waive three-midnight requirement for nursing facilities with high quality ratings
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 20, 2013
Certain skilled nursing facilities could provide Medicare-covered services to beneficiaries without a preceding hospital stay, under a new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.
MedPAC shows enthusiasm for equalizing SNF, inpatient rehab facility payments
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 12, 2013
More uniform reimbursements for skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities could be implemented soon, policy analysts recently told the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. The...
Ambulance company reaches $8 million settlement to resolve charges over improper skilled nursing facility...
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 06, 2013
The nation’s second-largest ambulance services company has reached a settlement agreement over whistleblower charges of improper business dealings with skilled nursing facilities, Rural/Metro Corporation...
Wounds unwelcome
By
John Andrews
Nov 01, 2013
As hospitals look for post-acute provider partners, skilled nursing operators must gauge their effectiveness at post-operative care and wound prevention
I couldn’t live without … Fast World Works inventory management
Nov 01, 2013
As the chief operating officer for MasterCare Inc., a skilled nursing management company, Bryan Hornsby has to keep track of all the equipment in multiple SNFs. This formidable task is much easier today,...