Skilled nursing providers should build partnerships with physician groups but need to stay abreast of legal frameworks, according to experts who spoke at McKnight’s Fall Online Expo.
Berwick blasts three-night rule
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2013
Add former Medicare chief Donald Berwick to the growing list of critics of a federal rule requiring three consecutive nights’ stay as a hospital inpatient to qualify for Medicare nursing home coverage.
GAO: Clean up claims reviews
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2013
Government investigators claim — and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services concurs — that more consistency is needed with Medicare post-payment claims reviews.
Fewer residents given antipsychotics: CMS
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2013
Fewer residents with dementia are being prescribed antipsychotic medications, according to new figures heralded by the government and the nation’s largest nursing home association.
Sanofi moves to new stage in C. diff vaccine program
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2013
Sanofi Pasteur’s vaccine division has started a Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a vaccine for Clostridium difficile.
Young and old flock together
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2013
Autumn is a busy season at Lutheran Life Community’s Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, IL. “We see a lot of transitions from room to room, or new starts in the fall,” says Assistant...
Biggest losers
By
Ashley Carman
Oct 01, 2013
Providers reveal strategies for reducing unneccessary antipsychotics use for residents with dementia, and meeting industry-wide medication reduction goals
Interest-ing times
By
John Andrews
Oct 01, 2013
As interest rates slowly nudge upward and public financing agencies remain under scrutiny, analysts look at the ramifications for skilled nursing and seniors housing
Meds in a cupcake
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 01, 2013
If you’re weary of pursuing constant improvement and innovation in long-term care, take inspiration from Burger King.
Providers to learn: never enough friends in play
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2013
Sometimes long-term care providers struggle to find meaning in the signs that are strewn in their path. Whether it’s legalese, regulatory gobbledy-gook or some form of bureaucracy, uncertain messages...