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November 2009 Issue of McKnight's Long Term Care News

News

Snowe lends a vote to reform—for now

Breaking a partisan logjam, Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe joined Democrats in voting a major healthcare reform bill out of the Senate Finance Committee.

Care improving in key areas, report asserts

Nursing home quality improvement efforts have largely succeeded in recent years, according to a report that was jointly released by the American Health Care Association ...

Providers making their points as Senate dances with reform

Nonprofit providers cheered when Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) helped Democrats move a major healthcare reform bill out of the Senate Finance Committee.

State News

Illinois: Mentally ill and aged residents a bad mix?

The state is considering improving safeguards but also sweeping reforms to prevent dangerous mentally ill patients from harming fellow residents in nursing homes.

Features

Analytics continue to improve Web traffic

Tracking response to your Web page will give you an edge

Thinking about you: using resident surveys to better evaluate quality-of-life in long-term care communities

Resident surveys are being used more often to determine what customers like—and dislike—about the quality of life they enjoy in long-term care communities

A bump in the road: senior housing operators watch the auto industry with interest

Despite recent turmoil in the automotive industry, senior care operators can rest assured that vehicle supply is still robust and that needed parts will be ...

A cut above the rest: skilled nursing facilities in the wound care specialty market

Skilled nursing facilities, which arguably have the right experience and expertise, may be ready to join the wound care specialty market. But can they compete?

60 Seconds with...

Suzanne Weiss Senior Vice President, Advocacy, AAHSA

Ask the care expert

Ask the care expert: do emergency room stays count toward Medicare Part A three-day hospital stay?

Sherrie Dornberger, RNC, CDONA, FACDONA, President, NADONA

Ask the treatment expert

Ask the treatment expert: are all pressure ulcers avoidable?

Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute

Ask the nursing expert

Ask the nursing expert: first state survey jitters

Anne Marie Barnett, RN, Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC

Ask the payment expert

Ask the payment expert: will state Medicaid payments change with the switch to Medicare RUGs IV?

Patricia Boyer, MSM, NHA, RN President, Boyer & Associates, LLC

Having my say

Ask, 'What's up, Doc?'

As an administrator, have you critiqued your medical director's notes?

Avoid payment denial

Medicare payment to skilled nursing facilities is a vital part of many facilities' fiscal stability. But now post-payment reviews are putting that resource at risk