A new federal work plan declares that even the Medicare contractors charged with keeping close tabs on long-term care facilities will be put under the microscope during fiscal 2013.
CMS: Readmit penalties will be higher than first thought
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2012
A miscalculation by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services means that more than 1,400 hospitals with comparatively high readmissions rates will lose more federal funding than previously thought,...
60 Seconds with… Thomas Scully Former CMS Administrator
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 01, 2012
Nursing homes lose a ton of money on Medicaid, which I spent a lot of time at CMS talking about.
Ask the treatment expert: How should we calculate pressure ulcer prevalence?
By
Susan Wickard
Nov 01, 2012
Prevalence is defined as a cross-sectional count of the number of cases at a specific point in time, or the number of people with pressures ulcers who exist in a patient population at a given point in...
Sector growth draws interest
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2012
Unlike other real estate options, seniors housing continued to grow throughout the Great Recession.
‘Found’ funds earn a rebuke
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2012
A former top regulator scolded long-term care lobbyists before a crowd of nearly 2,000 influential investors and providers recently.
Giving a silent generation a voice
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 01, 2012
Filmmaker Stu Maddux is determined to make long-term care more sensitive to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.
Many convicted aides aren’t new to crime
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 01, 2012
Nineteen percent of long-term care nursing aides who were found guilty of on-the-job abuse, neglect, or property theft in 2010 had prior criminal convictions, a recent federal report revealed.
I couldn’t live without… Med-Mizer Pivot-Rehab 1000 swivel bed
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 01, 2012
Sarah Maxwell says her job became a lot easier with the introduction of the Pivot-Rehab 1000 swivel bed from Med-Mizer.