New ACO designed to better serve dual eligibles strategy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Dec. 15 it was starting an ACO pilot program aimed at beneficiaries enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.
Print Issue: January 01, 2017
Report: LTC liability costs to rise in 2017
A skilled nursing facility with 100 occupied beds can expect to pay roughly $235,000 in liability expenses in 2017, according to the recently issued Aon Global Risk Consulting/American Health Care Association 2016 Long Term Care General Liability and Professional Liability Actuarial Analysis.
Ask the Payment Expert about … acuity-based staffing
What is acuity-based staffing and how do we know what our acuity is?
Shortchanging 850 workers will cost operator $2 million
A New York-based skilled nursing chain will pay more than $2 million in back wages and damages after underpaying nearly 850 workers, the Department of Labor announced in December.
Sea salt spray shows healing promise
Researchers say they are encouraged by results of a recent small study that points to potential benefits of sea salt-based spray in diabetic foot ulcer healing.
Nurse’s online rant leads to guilty charge
A Canadian nurse who posted on Facebook and Twitter about her frustrations over a relative’s skilled nursing care has been found guilty of professional misconduct by a nursing organization.
Ask the Legal Expert about … arbitration clauses
May a SNF continue to use arbitration clauses in resident contracts?
Skin cell communication key to wound healing, study says
Medical science may be getting closer to developing better treatments that cause damaged skin in the elderly to repair itself more quickly.
Trump’s CMS pick can expect tough choices: predecessors
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Seema Verma, was praised by providers. But she will face tough choices immediately, a previous CMS administrator predicted.
How to do it… Design for infection control
During remodeling or in between, providers must be continuously mindful of keeping environments clean. “Designers, housekeeping staff and maintenance professionals need to take every opportunity to protect against possible bacterial and infectious agents,” is how Jim McLain, general manager, Eldercare Interiors Division at Construction Specialties, puts it. Here’s what experts advise.
