CMS: Hospice quality reporting to begin July 1, will require admission and discharge records
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 14, 2014
Providers will have to report certain hospice quality measures to the federal government starting July 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services formally announced in a recent Federal Register notice.
Ask the treatment expert … about treating pressure ulcer pain
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Sep 01, 2013
I am treating a patient with two Stage IV pressure ulcers and he is complaining of extreme pain. What do you recommend?
Nursing home honored for reducing falls 53% in one year
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 23, 2012
A New York nursing home that reduced falls by 53% in a year credits program planning, new safeguards and revised resident assessments.