This Price is no bargain
Dr. Tom Price recently became Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Long-term care operators should cast a wary eye for two reasons: Medicaid and Medicare.
Print Issue: March 01, 2017
You’ve earned this, so now sit back and enjoy
I have to admit it: My love for the game of golf has waned lately. My fascination with it started as a young boy, watching my father pick up the game in middle age after successful athletic runs with football, track, softball and other activities.
State News for March 2017
NORTH DAKOTA — The state’s 80 senior care centers faced a difficult choice when they agreed with a proposed 5% surcharge on the services they provide. In the end, it was either accept the fee or make deep staffing cuts to stay open.
Aides want more EOL care involvement
Frontline workers often are the first to notice dementia patients’ pain and detect changes in their behavior, but a new study finds long-term care and hospice facilities need to do more to include them in end-of-life treatment.
Profile: Steve Fromm
Steve Fromm’s journey to long-term care administrator and board chairman of the American College of Health Care Administrators is one that has crisscrossed oceans and states.
Benefit of enforced worker flu shots overblown: study
Reviewers of four trials often used to support mandatory flu vaccination policies for long-term care workers say the benefits were overstated. But the lead researcher still says he recommends vaccination for healthcare workers.
BCPI ups quality: analysis
A recent analysis shines a positive light on value-based care models such as federal hip and knee replacement bundled payment programs.
Ask the Nursing Expert about … fostering critical thinking
Some nurses struggle with critical clinical thinking, especially my newer nurses. The clinical orientation process mainly focuses on teaching how to document and reviews core competencies. What can I do to help increase their critical thinking skills?
GAO reports assail Medicaid oversight, provider vetting
The Government Accountability Office recently issued a pair of reports within days of one another critical of how the Medicaid program gathers data and screens its provider participants.
Worker class-action lawsuits on the rise?
Employers may face “significant challenges” in 2017 related to workers bringing class-action lawsuits against them.
