May 22 webcast to study Medicare readmissions policies: implications for hospitals and post-acute providers
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 30, 2012
Providers who don’t fully understand hospital readmissions issues, or who continue to do business “as usual,” will be penalized in the near future. At a free McKnight’s webcast...
Taking action to reduce hospital returns
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Tom DePoy
Jul 14, 2014
Today, Revera nursing centers are taking effective steps to bring down rehospitalization rates, control costs and improve patient outcomes.
Reducing readmissions in ‘the real world’ at Sept. 30 webinar
Sep 18, 2014
Attendees at a Sept. 30 McKnight’s webinar will learn the latest information and real-world examples of how skilled nursing providers can survive and thrive by reducing readmissions. The one-hour...
Long-term care psychologists often can help prevent rehospitalizations
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Oct 09, 2012
Long-term care psychologists are a valuable resource for facilities looking to reduce their hospital readmission rates.
Life after consolidation: How LTC leaders can assimilate
By
Jennifer Bauer
Mar 21, 2014
Consolidation, a fact of life in today’s healthcare industry, is prevalent in the long-term care arena as well. Locally and regionally, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and home- and community-based...
LTC must pursue collaboration to reduce readmissions
By
Imran Javaid
Mar 24, 2014
Acute and post-acute providers are increasingly uniting around a shared goal – to lower hospital readmission rates for elderly and other vulnerable patients. Many caregivers and payers agree that...
Time to hit the reset button on readmissions?
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 29, 2018
It’s purely coincidental that it’s Easter week and I’m writing about putting all of your eggs in one basket. The researchers put me up to it.
Reducing hospitable readmissions — a SNF opportunity
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2012
The next McKnight’s professional webcast will focus on one of the hottest issues raging in long-term care, and healthcare in general: reducing hospital readmissions. Andrew Kramer, MD, a professor...
Oct. 2 webcast to give leadership tactics, clinical tools to help LTC providers avert rehospitalizations
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 06, 2012
Participants at a free McKnight’s webcast on Oct.2 will learn about leadership and operational tactics, as well as clinical strategies, that can promote critical thinking among staff members. Attendees...
Successful acute- and post-acute care partnering the focus of Aug. 27 webcast
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 08, 2014
Attendees will learn first-hand from a leading nursing executive at a free Aug. 27 McKnight’s webcast how post-acute care providers can grow better relationships with acute-care partners. Martie...