McKnight’s Long-Term Care News honored with 11 Azbee Awards
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 23, 2020
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News staff members and contributors have been honored with nearly a dozen journalism citations in the 2020 Azbee Awards of Excellence program. Included are Gold, Silver and...
Surveyors should consider facilities’ visitation policies for same-sex couples, CMS memo states
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McKnight's Staff
Jul 01, 2013
Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes must extend the same spousal visitation rights to all residents regardless of sexual orientation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services clarified in...
Tight timeline forces LTC commission to narrow its ambitions, member says
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 18, 2013
With its report due by the end of September, the Congressional Long-Term Care Commission is setting its sights on what can be accomplished in an “extraordinarily short time-frame,” according...
Analgesics account for most nursing home medication errors, researchers find
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 17, 2013
Most nursing home medication errors involve analgesics and sedatives, and these drugs are likely to account for errors regardless of how frequently they are administered, according to recently published...
No timeline for official QAPI regulation, but surveyors are learning program basics, CMS official says
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 14, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services still cannot say when an official regulation will be established for the Quality Assessment and Performance Initiative, but that’s not stopping the agency...
Nursing home operators can now access a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services webpage dedicated to the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement initiative.
RACs push back against audit improvement bills
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 06, 2013
An advocacy group for independent Medicare auditors has sharply criticized two bills that would put new controls on Recovery Audit Contractors. The Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013 was introduced...
Providers: Get detailed contracts when entering Medicaid managed care systems, AHCA guidance urges
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 04, 2013
Long-term care providers should be cautious adopters as Medicaid managed care programs grow in scope and number, according to a new report and toolkit from the American Health Care Association. Advisory...
Court throws out Immediate Jeopardy citation for undercooked eggs, repudiates interpretation of ‘ambiguous’...
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 03, 2013
A Texas nursing home recently won a legal battle challenging an Immediate Jeopardy citation for serving undercooked eggs to residents.
SNF margins cut in half, Alliance report says
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McKnight's Staff
May 31, 2013
With income margins decimated by Medicare and Medicaid cuts and access to capital strangled, skilled nursing facilities will be unable to care for the nation’s booming senior population unless changes...