It’s not much of a surprise that many therapists are excellent at everything in their job — except screening.
Study shows dramatic rise in short-stay residents
Feb 27, 2008
A new analysis of trends in New York nursing home care reads like a summary of what is happening around the country. In short: more shorter stays for residents, as well as more sicker or cognitively impaired...
Long-term care hospitals treat fewer short-stay patients
Apr 15, 2008
Long-term care hospitals treated fewer short-stay patients from fiscal years 2003 to 2006 as a result of cuts in Medicare reimbursement, according to a memo from the Department of Health and Human Services...
Increasing length-of-stay
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 30, 2012
Length-of-stay — LOS — is one of those management reports that often leaves administrators and upper management bewildered. If you increase LOS, you essentially increase your census.
Sun Healthcare reports solid fourth-quarter, annual growth
Mar 05, 2010
Sun Healthcare on Wednesday reported “respectable” earnings growth of 7.7% for the fourth quarter of last year and 18.3% for 2009 overall. The nation’s sixth-largest skilled nursing provider...
New CMS rule to eliminate section of MDS, revise RUGs
Aug 25, 2009
A controversial new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid rule will recalibrate Medicare case mixes under the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) system. Specifically, it will eliminate a section...
Breaking down the therapy changes
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Nov 08, 2021
Proposed rules almost always become final rules. On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (after threatening for four years) finalized the 15% payment reduction for outpatient...
No more Rehab Medium RUG defaults
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Oct 08, 2013
Well, Oct. 1 has passed, and we’re all still hanging in. The biggest changes we saw to rehab were the addition of reporting co-treatment minutes on our billing logs and Section O on the MDS. And,...
Changing therapy trends spark launch of new company
By
Kristy Wikum
Jan 17, 2013
It’s no secret health care is changing and that we, as professionals, need to be a part of that change to improve the overall system. Part of this improvement involves helping patients quickly return...
Skilled nursing facilities find new opportunities, new challenges with 60% rule
By
John Andrews
Apr 01, 2008
Since the reduction of the so-called 75% Rule to 60%, SNFs have to work even harder to attract Part A therapy residents