I Advance Senior Care |
September 30, 2016
Two business administration academics take an early look at what CMS' Final Rule for long-term care reform legislation will mean.
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Pamela Tabar |
September 29, 2016
MedPAC is speaking out against CMS’ new five-star rating system for hospitals, citing flaws and unecessary reporting. Will the initiative spill over into senior care as well?
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Steve Wilder |
September 16, 2016
"My employees want to carry a concealed weapon to work." The decision to allow or prohibit "concealed carry" on your premises is a lot more complicated than you think, even if state law allows it.
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Pamela Tabar |
September 2, 2016
The final rule issued today forces companies to remove 19 different ingredients from over-the-counter products because they haven’t proven to be effective in preventing the spread of illness and could do more harm than good.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 29, 2016
The old reel-to-reel movies may have given way to DVDs and streaming videos, but keeping your “movie night” legal still requires public performance license. Luckily, there's a sale on licenses for the rest of 2016.
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Robert Gatty |
August 25, 2016
Advocacy groups are urging Congress to pass additional legislation on the NOTICE Act to allow observation time to count toward the required three-day inpatient stay for Medicare. Federal officials are also considering arbitration agreement provisions.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 23, 2016
The prairie state joins 4 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing employees to use their accrued paid sick days for a family member’s care instead of their own.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 22, 2016
The state is the latest to mandate certification for facilities that provide care services for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
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Robert Gatty |
August 12, 2016
Industry leaders’ persistent efforts resulted in passage of the Rural Health Care Connectivity Act, which will allow skilled nursing facilities to seek federal funding to finance high-speed Internet service for providers in rural areas.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 11, 2016
CMS has issued a notice to state officials to ensure nursing homes have proper policies in place to prohibit employees from capturing footage of residents and sharing on social media with the intent to humiliate or make fun of them.
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Steve Wilder |
July 1, 2016
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has passed rules that forbid retaliation and discrimination for reporting injuries, including post-accident drug testing and "incentive" programs that retaliate against those who bring workplace safety violations to light.
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Nicole Stempak |
June 29, 2016
A new study on implementation of electronic health records (EHR) has identified several obstacles for doctors, chief among them poor user experience.
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The new section, which documents a resident's functional ability and assistance levels, has a compliance date of October 1, 2016.
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Pamela Tabar |
June 27, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear a case that would have challenged the Department of Labor’s ruling on labor protections for home care workers.
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Nicole Stempak |
June 22, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will not begin surveying for compliance with the 2012 fire safety codes until November. The July 5 ruling still applies when considering which code chapters facilities must comply with.
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Stan Szpytek |
June 16, 2016
Stay compliant with CMS requirements by using the proper editions of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Codes and Standards.
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Nicole Stempak |
June 10, 2016
A U.S. district judge ruled the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act doesn’t give individuals the right to sue states, thereby dismissing a lawsuit alleging California nursing homes denied Medi-Cal patients readmission.
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Pamela Tabar |
June 10, 2016
Despite efforts to ease the backlog of appeals, no relief is in sight for the backlog of appeals from facilities that choose to appeal Medicare claims denials and deficiency citations.
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The pressure is on for skilled nursing facilities: Compliance for CMS reimbursement means proper charting, documentation of therapy minutes and shaking out those RUGs.
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Mistakes and “near misses” can and will happen. But, how a facility discloses an error can affect everything from the CMS response to the family’s reaction.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 27, 2016
An OIG investigation determined the LPN had falsified charting records stating she had performed neuro checks after the resident had fallen out of his wheelchair.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 24, 2016
As the opening keynote at the Memory Care Forum in Philadelphia, NASL policy guru Cynthia Morton discusses what’s coming next from CMS on long-term care quality measures and how that data might affect your five-star quality rating.
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Nicole Stempak |
May 20, 2016
Hawaii state lawmakers reviewed several proposals before their legislative session ended, including some related to the oversight and inspection of long-term care facilities.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 4, 2016
The Department of Justice is cracking down on South Dakota, accusing the state of putting people with disabilities in nursing homes unecessarily rather than providing community-based services.
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Pamela Tabar |
April 27, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services adds six new quality measures to the Nursing Home Compare system, including data on short-stay residents' trips to the emergency room.
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Pamela Tabar |
April 27, 2016
With the new CMS reporting requirements looming, skilled nursing facilities are gearing up for the mandatory Payroll-Based Journal data transactions for direct-care workers.
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Pamela Tabar |
April 22, 2016
Hospice may see a 2 percent increase in reimbursements in 2017, but new reporting requirements could go into effect as well, according to a new CMS proposal.
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Pamela Tabar |
April 20, 2016
The largest private insurer in the country has announced it will be ending its participation in most state healthcare marketplace exchanges, but it has some new plans for the future.
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