NEW YORK — Aid-in-dying advocates pressured the state Legislature to pass a medical bill after similar measures passed in Maine and New Jersey in the last two months. “Terminally ill New Yorkers...
DOH sets aside money
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
NEW YORK — The state’s Department of Health has allocated $27 million for a nonprofit to help nursing home residents transition to a community. A request for proposals is out, asking for a way...
NPs push for full practice
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
PENNSYLVANIA — The state Senate voted in June to give nurse practitioners full practice authority. In order to practice in Pennsylvania currently, a NP must secure business contracts, called collaborative...
Seeking meaning, with benefits
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 17, 2019
While nearly all long-term care administrators and nursing leaders find their work meaningful and their contributions valued by co-workers, many wish they had better support from bosses and are looking...
Bundles not SNFs’ friend
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 17, 2019
A mandatory payment bundle for joint replacements saved the Medicare program more than 2% yearly, researchers recently found.
Researchers call providers’ discharge habits into doubt
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 17, 2019
Providers can expect more scrutiny into their discharge practices thanks to research that has found that many Medicare patients appear to be sent home just as financial obligations change.
Ask The Payment Expert, Caryn Adams
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
As October 1 is growing closer, what should my facility now be doing to prepare for the Patient-Driven Payment Model? This month, review your MDS coding. In addition to closely consulting the RAI manual...
iPad-like technology helping elders and disabled connect
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 17, 2019
In 2013, when Nancy Likens, director of the Soprema Senior Center and Café first came up with the idea of using the café as a job-training site for volunteers from the Medina County Board of Developmental...
Ensign grows to 198 SNFs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
The nation’s fifth-largest skilled nursing provider added a sixth South Texas property in June to bring its total nationwide site number to 198.
SNF chain’s collapse forces record $146M HUD back-up
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
When Rosewood Care Centers collapsed, its default on $146 million in mortgages became the biggest loss in the history of a HUD loan-guarantee program for nursing homes.