Providers were scrambling at deadline to meet the first requirement of the new federal staffing mandate: completing a beefed up facility assessment that gives more weight to residents’ behavioral health...
Ask the legal expert … about OIG audits
By
Norris Cunningham
Jul 23, 2024
Why is the OIG auditing the accuracy of falls data from MDS assessments submitted by nursing homes?
Ask the nursing expert … about emergency preparedness and cybersecurity
By
Amy Stewart
Jul 23, 2024
We are updating our emergency preparedness plan. What is often overlooked?
Frontline workers key to operators’ AI integrations
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 23, 2024
Artificial intelligence is starting to be adopted across the long-term care industry, for everything from staff and resident recruitment to operational improvement. But a new report suggests that the all-too-common...
Patients susceptible to ulcers need education, legal sign-off
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2024
Providers should begin to educate certain patients and their families about “unavoidable” pressure ulcers to help fend off related litigation, two medical malpractice attorneys recommended in the National...
Impassioned leaders celebrated at McKnight’s Women of Distinction gala
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2024
Skilled nursing, senior living and home care leaders celebrated the accomplishments of dozens of professional standouts during the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum ceremony.
How to do it … Budget-conscious security tech
By
John Hall
Jul 09, 2024
Investing in resident security has never been more critical — and in some cases at least, as expensive — for skilled nursing facilities.
Drug-resistant infections add new layer to senior skin care
By
John Hall
Jul 09, 2024
While topical antibiotics like bacitracin have long been effective and part of standard wound care practice, worsening resistance of ringworm and other fungi should prompt caregivers to ensure they are...
Efficiencies drive interest in off-site laundry operations
By
John Hall
Jul 09, 2024
Most independent long-term healthcare businesses are usually unfazed by make-buy decisions unless there are compelling reasons to outsource. There’s little appetite to dispense of an in-house service...
Ask the payment expert … about IV fluids
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Jun 07, 2024
Our reimbursement specialist says we’ve missed several opportunities to code IV fluids given at the hospital on the 5-day PPS assessment. How is this information reported and supported?