New CMS chief stirs provider anticipation
Long-term care provider groups were complimentary of Seema Verma following her mid-March confirmation as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Print Issue: April 01, 2017
Reader Poll: What is the best thing your manager does to help you in your job?
“He (Board Chairman of the Reformed Church Home Reed Feuster) encourages me. He always makes a point to thank us and offer help. It’s kind of refreshing to get outside support. At the board level, it’s easy to say just what’s wrong or what you don’t like.”
Ask the Treatment Expert … Diabetic foot ulcers
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Reconciliation helps: study
A medication reconciliation program may help reduce hospital emergency room readmissions by as much as 6%, a recent study shows.
Where’s the indignation been from providers?
Finally. That was my immediate, silent reaction when I received the email from a top long-term care provider.
Where kindness is king
As pesky questions about the future of healthcare swirl, let’s give thanks for the one, and maybe only, inviolate cog in the long-term care machinery that’s beyond the power of politicians to regulate or obliterate — kindness.
SNF occupancy at all-time low
Skilled nursing occupancy rates hit their lowest level on record in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Where Are They Now: Wingate Healthcare
After winning a Bronze award in the McKnight’s Technology Awards for its custom-made interactive digital signage in 2014, Wingate Healthcare in Massachusetts recognized that it had a problem.
SNF Compare launch in 2018
A new website that will allow consumers to view quality ratings for skilled nursing facilities is slated for release in October 2018, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials said in late February.
