Harmony Healthcare International is embracing the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign. The company has chosen to focus on Mobility among the Advancing Excellence goals,
CMS: Schedule up in the air for new RCS-1 therapy classification system
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 09, 2018
A replacement payment system pitched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid last spring is no closer to being finalized or implemented, officials said during an Open Door Forum conference call Thursday.
Social media video for SNFs created
Mar 29, 2016
Harmony Healthcare International has created a social media video for skilled nursing facilities.
Harmony Healthcare releases grid for Five-Star calculations
May 05, 2015
Harmony Healthcare International released a grid that it invented and combines all the rules for calculating a Five-Star Rating.
Medicare Part A Length of Stay: Part III
By
Kris Mastrangelo
Mar 05, 2012
More providers need how to use an interdisciplinary team approach to be more effective when managing transitions from the nursing home environment to a community living setting.
A measure of success
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2016
Technology and analysis prepare skilled nursing facilities and their staffs for Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement programs — and vice versa
Not the ideal vision for taking care of business
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2015
Never mind the mantras about the long-term care profession being “high touch.” The focus has been hijacked and it appears most providers are now consumed by documentation.
What’s on LTC’s ‘to-don’t’ list?
By
Oct 18, 2017
My main takeaway from a key speech Monday is likely something that hit home for others in the audience as well: we should focus less on what we should be doing, and more on what we shouldn’t.
Better managing the Medicare Part A stay
By
Kris Mastrangelo, OTR, MBA, LNHA
Feb 21, 2012
Discharge planning is the key element in managing Medicare Part A length of stay. A home assessment can significantly affect the process.
Managing the clinically anticipated Medicare Part A length of stay
By
Kris Mastrangelo, OTR, MBA, LNHA
Jan 26, 2012
The Medicare adjustments of fiscal year 2012 have left the long-term care profession discussing and debating care strategies to ensure success and mitigate the reductions in reimbursement. A key indicator...