Ask the payment expert about … the Drug Regimen Review quality measure
What do I need to know about the Drug Regimen Review quality measure that goes into effect Oct. 1?
Print Issue: September 01, 2018
Ageless Innovation has ‘purrfect’ solution
What is black and white and loved all over? The answer: a tuxedo cat.
Overhauled payment model hikes rates by $820 million
Almost lost in the dust-up over some aspects of the newly released Patient-Driven Payment Model is the fact that skilled nursing providers will receive a healthy 2.4% Medicare market basket increase, starting Oct. 1.
CMS proposes Medicare ACO overhaul, prods risk-taking
Impatient with the conservative participation in its Medicare Shared Savings Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed an overhaul of its most popular accountable care organization structure.
HCR ManorCare staffers are rarin’ for a rebound
A lot has been made about ProMedica’s acquisition of the once-proud nursing home giant HCR ManorCare. And rightfully so.
Star ratings losing meaning, study finds
Nursing homes’ publicly reported star ratings have increased substantially since the adoption of the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
IRS denies provider appeal
The nation’s largest skilled nursing trade group expressed “disappointment” and vowed to appeal an IRS decision that for-profit skilled nursing facilities may not benefit from the Trump administration’s new tax law.
Ask the legal expert about … apologies
Is it smart to apologize to a resident or the resident’s family, or will the apology increase the chances for a lawsuit against the organization?
