SNF compliance and ethics programs aren’t optional anymore, and in some cases, may require additional staff roles. Are your programs survey-ready?
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Pamela Tabar |
May 4, 2017
The promise of $8 billion for high-risk and pre-existing conditions pushed the bill in the GOP's favor. The bill now moves on to the Senate, where the margins for passage are predicted to be tougher.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 4, 2017
May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day, a great time for a staff refresher in the importance of maintaining proper hand hygiene protocols.
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Pamela Tabar |
April 5, 2017
After months of political leverage on repealing the Affordable Care Act, the GOP decided to ditch its new House bill without voting on it. Now what?
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Home based palliative care, or pre-hospice, programs aim to improve quality of life by bringing healthcare workers into the home and better care coordination—all while cutting costs for seniors and Medicare. And research shows it’s working.
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Pamela Tabar |
February 20, 2017
Long-term and post-acute care has plenty of challenges for 2017, but trials and tribulations can be good for the industry in the long run.
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Pamela Tabar |
February 16, 2017
Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill that would raise the maximum penalty per year for violations at assisted living facilities in the state.
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Robert Gatty |
January 20, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has seen a substantial decline in hospitalization admissions among Medicare beneficiaries in long-term care.
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Providers who overbill or fudge their therapy services are on the DOJ’s radar more than ever. So why is there still so much therapy billing fraud?
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Pamela Tabar |
January 19, 2017
The new FDA rules acknowledge the unique role and dispensing needs of LTC pharmacies, including emergency kits and remote dispensing.
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Pamela Tabar |
January 9, 2017
Home health agencies that receive Medicare or Medicaid funds must now comply with a new set of rules designed to close the gaps in care documentation.
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Pamela Tabar |
December 27, 2016
CMS released its latest episodic care models Tuesday, including the 90-day bundles for heart and bypass patients.
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Pamela Tabar |
December 22, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released compliance guideline fact sheet for home- and community-based providers who care for people who exhibit wandering or exit-seeking.
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Nicole Stempak |
December 22, 2016
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule upholding the agency’s longstanding position that it’s an employer’s duty to record any injury or illness continues for the full five-year record-retention period.
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Nicole Stempak |
December 12, 2016
Both parties of Congress agree more money needs to be spent on cancer research, mental health, precision medicine, BRAIN initiatives, the opioid epidemic and regulating medical software.
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Robert Gatty |
December 9, 2016
AHCA/NCAL anticipates—and looks forward to—expected regulatory relief and repeal under the new Republican-led White House and Congress.
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Robert Gatty |
December 1, 2016
Contributor Robert Gatty ponders whether sweeping reforms are ahead as President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and Republicans retain majority in Congress.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 28, 2016
What's in store for long-term care in 2017? Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President of NASL, talks about coming regulations and policy changes, including how a Trump administration could affect Medicaid.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 24, 2016
A Texas federal judge has granted an injunction to stop the Department of Labor's overtime wage increase set to begin Dec. 1.
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Robert Gatty |
November 10, 2016
The next administration will have to cut back on Medicare spending and fraud. Contributor Robert Gatty speculates whether lawmakers will crack down on avoidable hospital admissions.
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As Republicans take control of the executive and legislative branches, how will the new Administration impact healthcare's initiatives and priorities? Healthcare information technology experts weigh in on key policy issues moving forward.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 7, 2016
A federal judge has issued a temporary halt on CMS’ final rule ordering LTC facilities to remove all arbitration agreements from their admissions materials.
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Alan C. Horowitz |
November 4, 2016
The long-term/post-acute care industry knew some groundbreaking changes were coming in the final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Long-Term Living’s legal expert Alan C. Horowitz explains what all the fuss is about.
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As the season shifts into fall, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching a new season of regulations for long-term and post-acute care.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 28, 2016
MatrixCare’s John Damgaard will head up the association’s new board of directors, along with four other officer electees.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 18, 2016
Will hospitals and nursing homes ever be able to agree on a standard set of data to share during patient transfers? Thought leaders at the annual NASL meeting discuss the current regs—and what needs to happen next.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 18, 2016
The two organizations are hoping to set national standards for administrators-in-training and their preceptors.
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Stan Szpytek |
October 10, 2016
Is your organization ready for the new Life Safety Codes set to begin next month?
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A veteran RN/MDS Coordinator discusses what skills and assessments are most important when hiring a new employee in the crucial role of overseeing the facility's Minimum Data Set documentation.
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Robert Gatty |
September 30, 2016
The proposed plan is intended to streamline and improve the federal Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to help seniors avoid nursing home care.
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