NEW HAMPSHIRE Skilled nursing facility workers credited with saving lives in fire that injures one, displays staff readiness Two skilled nursing employees were credited with rushing into “heavy smoke...
Ask the Care Expert about … wandering residents
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Aug 09, 2017
Do you have any special recommendations for preparations pertaining to wanderers?
Common drugs hike death risks by 31%
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Aug 09, 2017
A class of medications commonly prescribed to seniors for conditions such as urinary incontinence might increase the risk of mortality among nursing home residents with depression, a recently published...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … pressure injury protocol
By
Jeri Lundgren, RN, BSN, PHN, CWS, CWCN, CPT
Aug 09, 2017
Is it best practice, for consistency, to have only the wound nurse measure, stage and assess pressure injuries?
Profile: Linda Krueger
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 09, 2017
When Linda Krueger starts to tear up, it’s not when talking about how proud she is of her son or her military service, or the death of her father. It’s when she talks about how much she loves...
Ask the Payment Expert about … community structure
By
Patricia Boyer
Aug 09, 2017
I’m concerned with the new megarule expenses and that maybe I need to rethink my need for skilled nursing beds. What are your thoughts?
PPS comments are sought
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2017
Federal regulators have agreed to gather more comments from providers and others on the revision of new skilled nursing prospective payment system case-mix methodology.
CMS wants outpatient knee replacements to be covered
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has asked for coverage of knee replacement surgeries in outpatient facilities as part of a proposal concerning hospital outpatient prospective payments.
Provider’s social media penalty halved
By
Alyssa Salela
Aug 09, 2017
Although long-term care officials agree photos and videos of residents should not be taken or posted to social media without consent, some operators are pushing back.
Providers laud CMS decision to delay survey fines one year
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2017
Nursing home groups say they are grateful that regulators heard their concerns about new changes to survey requirements and softened the blow.