Q: What should providers be doing to prepare for the IMPACT Act? A:First, to understand that the IMPACT Act is trying to standardize across the post-acute care sector. That includes medication reconciliation,...
A Day in the Life: A farmhand’s field of dreams
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 02, 2018
Sometimes, it’s the simplest pleasures that make a difference in residents’ lives. For retired farmer John Buller, 89, all he wanted was to get on a tractor one more time. But scaling a tall, powerful...
How to do it…Best technology for professional development
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John Hall
Nov 02, 2018
The aspirations of long-term care workers are under more scrutiny than ever before. Career paths seem constantly in flux. Indeed, some would emphasize they should be that way. But one thing stays constant...
FutureCare Capital Region constructs a community with a ‘country’ setting in a major metro market
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John Andrews
Nov 02, 2018
With the recent opening of a new $30 million rehabilitation and wellness center in Landover, MD, FutureCare Capital Region not only fills a huge need now, but is also designed to have staying power for...
Pay switch costs a bundle
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2018
Total episode payments declined but the Medicare program lost big from 2013 to 2016 with Bundled Payments for Care Improvement. The total cost was nearly $290 million. Model 2, the most commonly used track...
Analysis: Admin pay up 3.19%, as DONs gain 2.34%
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Liza Berger
Nov 02, 2018
A red-hot economy. More competition from the acute-care sector. Higher resident acuity. All of these factors, along with a leveling-off of salaries for leadership positions, have contributed to a situation...
Profile: Barbara Sepich jazzed to help seniors
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Amy Novotney
Nov 02, 2018
Barbara Sepich, President & CEO,WRC Senior Services One day when Barbara Sepich was 24 years old and first ruminating on what she wanted her career to look like, she picked up her journal and wrote herself...
Study: Portal designs must keep older adults in mind
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Amy Novotney
Nov 02, 2018
Nearly half of patient portal registrations at an Amsterdam academic medical center between 2015 and 2016 were from adults age 56 years and older, according to a study published in September in Digital...
Business Briefs: November 2018
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Marty Stempniak
Nov 02, 2018
» Extendicare announced the hiring of Michael Guerriere, M.D., as its new president and CEO in September. Prior to taking on the role Oct. 22, he served as board member of the 118-facility Markham, Ontario-based...
Vendor News Briefs: November 2018
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Elizabeth Newman
Nov 02, 2018
»Signature HealthCARE has selected HealthcareSource for its talent management platform, the company announced. Louisville, KY-based Signature has 115 locations in 10 states. »WellSky, a health technology...