Providers at nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities are being asked to take part in the biggest annual salary surveys of their kind.
QI Survey’s further incursion into dining activities to be featured focus at audio conference
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McKnight's Staff
May 04, 2012
An audio conference will take place Tuesday morning in an effort to help long-term care providers create more efficient interdisciplinary approaches with their dining regimens. Under new QI Survey points...
Nurse administrators meet to hone survey skills, examine culture change
Jul 09, 2009
Directors of nursing are going to be told from Saturday to Wednesday that they “can do whatever they put their mind to” at the annual meeting of the National Association Directors of Nursing...
Pregame is over: Providers must deal with survey and assessment changes for real starting Sunday
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 30, 2012
Nursing homes have heard the warnings and been advised at every turn lately. Now, it’s time to do it right, or risk losing out on reimbursements. Significant changes have been made to the new MDS...
Providers prep for revised Quality Measures from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 06, 2012
Providers are on the lookout for the release of new Quality Measures from federal regulators. Without naming a specific date, officials have said the measures would be released in April. The standard survey...
Avoiding traps at survey time the topic of Super Tuesday webcast
Jul 12, 2013
Four universal challenges at survey time will be the focal points of the next McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast. The one-hour live webcast will offer practical strategies providers can use concerning...
Current trends, future problems for nursing home surveys to be focus of Super Tuesday webcast
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 13, 2012
Providers will get an up-close look at problems with the nursing home survey process from a nationally respected expert during the first 2012 McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast. The event will take...
Regulators gear up for special mandatory broadcast on MDS 3.0
Dec 10, 2009
The first of three satellite broadcasts by federal regulators on the new Minimum Data Set 3.0 will take place from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time) Thursday. Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Providers brace for Phase I start of new rules Monday
Nov 22, 2016
Providers will spend the weekend gnawing on more than turkey bones if they’ve left anything incomplete regarding the new federal Rules of Participation for nursing homes. The first phase becomes...
Webinar on SNF Quality Reporting Program airs Wednesday
Nov 30, 2017
Experts from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will deliver information on confidential feedback reports for the assessment-based measures adopted for the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting...