If you are an avid reader, or even if you are not, you have likely heard of “Hillbilly Elegy.” The book was written by J.D. Vance and has subsequently been turned into a movie on Netflix ripe with...
Trauma informed care: A regulatory overview and COVID-19 impact
By
Renee Kinder
Nov 19, 2020
If the past 12 months have been anything for those serving in long-term care, it has been traumatic. With that said, we have risen to the occasion.
PDGM: What SNF operators need to know
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 02, 2020
New Year, new reimbursement model … for our home health counterparts, that is. Think the changes will not impact you? Think again.
Proposed rule and quality: What your rehab team should know
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 17, 2021
The future of quality-driven care is coming. Is your therapy team ready? Reviews of the FY 2022 SNF PPS Proposed Rule often highlight key areas related to data trending, lack of budget neutrality and forthcoming...
Finding Joy in everyday teaching
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 25, 2021
Confession: I was a terrible student until Joy Tilley rocked my 14-year-old mind with her lessons and passion for the perfect, five-paragraph essay. Awful student I was. Never completed homework. Never...
Grandmother-level quality
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 21, 2018
My grandmother decided to have an elective knee replacement — at 89 years of age — followed by a stay for rehab in a skilled nursing facility. Quality matters to her and therefore I wanted to know...
HIPPS codes don’t lie
By
Renee Kinder
Sep 13, 2018
Beginning on 10-1-2019, with the implementation of PDPM, interdisciplinary data collection between therapy and nursing, and accuracy for entry in our current (i.e.Prior to 10-1-2018) Section GG items sets...
Section GG — Your top 10 questions answered
By
Renee Kinder
Sep 27, 2018
October 1 not only introduces new MDS areas, it also places SNFs into a data collection window from October 1-December 31, 2018, which will impact their FY 2020 annual payment update.
Yes, Emmy, everyone dies
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 18, 2019
My efforts to explain life and death to my 4-year-old, it seems, have failed and as a result she wants to make sure all current members continue living. If I remain positive and continue to say our family...