Added therapy hour speeds hip fracture patients home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2016
Patients recovering from hip fractures in a skilled nursing facility have a better chance of going home if they get just one hour more of therapy per week, according to a new Ivy League study.
Ask the Care Expert about … palliative and hospice care
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Mar 04, 2016
As a new charge nurse I have been asked to set up palliative care for a new residents. What is the difference between palliative and hospice care? I am afraid I am mixing them up.
Profile: Alice Bonner
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2016
Even if long-term care providers don’t know much about the personal life of Alice Bonner, Ph.D., RN, they have likely seen her in running shoes.
No ‘midnight’ regulations?
By
John Hall
Mar 04, 2016
Stakeholders have until roughly mid-June to squeeze in any pressing new regulations during the current administration’s final year. But the Office of Management and Budget said it doesn’t expect...
CMS: Regional spending is a better benchmark for ACOs
By
John Hall
Mar 04, 2016
The government hopes to encourage accountable care organizations to extend their participation in performance-based risk arrangements by offering a new way to include payments based on regional spending...
Ask the Payment Expert about … bundled payments in rural areas
By
Patricia Boyer
Mar 04, 2016
We are in a rural area and we’ve tried to talk to our hospital about bundled payment but they don’t seem to know what we are talking about. What can we do?
Camera snags abusive nursing home aide
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2016
As cameras grow more prevalent in long-term care, one certified nursing assistant is headed behind bars.
MedPAC remains bullish on site-neutral payment system
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 04, 2016
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members remained staunch supporters of a site-neutral payment system for post-acute care providers.