CMS discharge program isn’t reaching those with highest readmission risks: study
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 22, 2024
A new report took a deeper dive to see if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ transitional care management (TCM) program is reaching those most at risk. Even though the program is designed to...
Skilled care operators feeling the pinch. Or should we say, pinches?
By
John O'Connor
Jul 02, 2018
“This is going to be the wave of the future.” If you happen to be a long-term care operator looking for words to live by, the above sentence is a pretty good choice.
Nursing home marketing pros, this is your time to shine
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 12, 2017
So many times you see individuals who don’t typically get the company headlines hoping to, well, make themselves known and earn some recognition. Nursing home marketers, your table is ready.
Post-acute partnerships now have become a widespread strategy to reduce hospital readmissions, survey...
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 03, 2014
Hospital partnerships with post-acute providers can be considered a “key strategy” in reducing readmissions, according to market data gathered by executive advisory service Healthcare Intelligence...
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...
Redoing readmissions
By
Tom DePoy
Sep 01, 2014
When people are discharged from the hospital following an illness, injury or surgery, that’s often not the end of the story.
Taking action to reduce hospital returns
By
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 should be No. 1 priority for reducing healthcare costs, quality experts say
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 10, 2014
Reducing readmissions would have the most significant impact in bringing down U.S. healthcare costs, according to a survey of health quality experts.
Wounds unwelcome
By
John Andrews
Nov 01, 2013
As hospitals look for post-acute provider partners, skilled nursing operators must gauge their effectiveness at post-operative care and wound prevention
A majority of long-term care providers reduced hospital readmissions and the off-label use of antipsychotics within the last year, according to the American Health Care Association. The organization recently...