The American Health Care Association is again seeking change to a rule that requires an individual to spend three consecutive days as a hospital inpatient in order to receive Medicare skilled nursing coverage. ...
Double the fun: McKnight’s Tech Awards adds categories and celebrates success
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 05, 2018
The launch of the sixth edition of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards saw it double in size, multiplying the effects of its original mission: Celebrating how operators use technology to better...
PDPM recalibration may not come right away, experts say
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 02, 2020
Stakeholders were keeping a close eye on any data available at press time that could lead to conclusions about the recently instituted Patient Driven Payment Model.
Providers have their say in high-level talks
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2022
Providers came away from early spring meetings with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and other federal health officials feeling encouraged about the government’s...
PDPM effects will be known in six weeks
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 17, 2019
It should take only about 50 days to clearly understand the ramifications of nursing homes’ new Patient-Driven Payment Model, a top provider leader said. “We’re going to know five or six weeks into...
State cases add to SNF worries
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
An annual report outlining fraud control activities in the nation’s Medicaid facilities portends a challenging year ahead.
MDS surprises fill new draft
By
Joe Bush
Oct 07, 2022
Long-term care facilities, staff and more than half the states should prepare immediately for changes to the Minimum Data Set, experts said in early September.
Biden targets nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
President Joe Biden made nursing home history March 1, when he included the sector in his first State of the Union address. Biden pledged a crackdown on private-equity investors and vowed tougher oversight.
Staffing offers toughest trial
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 01, 2020
Workforce challenges that have plagued long-term care operators during the coronavirus pandemic will worsen as the crisis progresses this year, predicted Harvard healthcare policy expert David Grabowski.
Ryan: Lawmakers may dismantle staffing rule
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 07, 2023
Former US House Speaker Paul Ryan recently pointed out that Congress has a clear ability to block a federal nursing home staffing mandate — if it has the collective will to do so.