Long-term care tech summit produces calls for better, silo-busting assessment tools
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 24, 2014
More progress is needed toward standardizing beneficiary assessments across care settings, an analyst with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told a gathering of long-term care health information...
MDS accuracy assessment to be covered in Online Expo
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 09, 2015
MDS 3.0 accuracy has been a significant concern of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and data errors can cost facilities reimbursement, warns regulatory and training expert Leah Klusch.
$9 million verdict against nursing home thrown out by appeals court
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 26, 2014
An Illinois nursing home won a victory last week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit voided a $9 million verdict.
Be thorough on evaluating ADLs, expert advises
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 08, 2012
The functional status and behavior sections of the MDS 3.0 often lead to risk and liability dangers for providers, a long-term care coding expert said Sunday.