For skilled nursing facilities, the Medicare SNF 3-day rule can make it difficult to place the right patients in the right setting at the right time. The 3-day rule requires that a Medicare beneficiary...
Ask the payment expert … about Medicare technical requirements
By
Patricia Boyer
Apr 01, 2014
We were told we didn’t meet technical requirements for Medicare. What does that mean?
Analysis examines causes of nursing home admissions among residents without dementia
Jun 30, 2010
An examination of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged examines predictors of nursing home admissions among seniors without a dementia diagnosis. It is one of the first analyses that don’t...
Federal regulators taking a closer look at hospitals’ admitting practices
Dec 09, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has notified hospitals that they are being closely watched over concerns about how they have decided whether to admit certain individuals or refer them elsewhere.