Thanks, Mata Hari
You Mystery Shoppers have spoken: Assisted living communities do a bad job making a good first impression. If true, it’s definitely a problem, and I’d thank you for sharing if I knew your real names.
Print Issue: November 01, 2014
RACs snatch back $1.8M
Recovery Audit Contractors collected $1.8 million in Medicare overpayments made to skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2013, according to a Congressional report released in late September.
Hackbarth rips 3-day stay rule
If outgoing MedPAC Chairman Glenn Hackbarth had his way, Medicare would pay for skilled nursing services without requiring a three-day hospital stay first.
Making a quality bet on ACOs a risky proposition
If there’s anything that’s become clear about this ACO business lately, it’s that it’s not going to be as simple as A-B-C.
CMS should push Congress on therapy rate upgrades: AHCA
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should openly urge Congress to change therapy reimbursement, the nation’s largest long-term care provider association stated in recent written comments to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner.
CDC renews call for pneumococcal shots
Seniors should receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended.
Open beds no mystery
For more than a decade, students learning about senior housing administration at George Mason University have been “mystery shopping” operators via phone calls. The latest results are just in. And believe me, they are nothing to call home about.
Ask the nursing expert … about overseeing immunizations
I am a new assistant director of nursing and my administrator asked me to oversee immunizations. Where do I start?
Antipsychotics goal gets reset
Long-term care providers are being asked to reduce the use of antipsychotic medications among residents by 25% by the end of 2015, and 30% by the end of 2016.
How to do it … Professional development
Dementia care is an ever-changing discipline that requires a long-term commitment to training and staff development. Approached sensibly, a strong program will pay dividends far down the road. Experts give tips here on how to best prepare staff to care for residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias.
