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.
Read More » 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?
Read More » 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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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.
Read More » 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.
Read More » The pressure is on for skilled nursing facilities: Compliance for CMS reimbursement means proper charting, documentation of therapy minutes and shaking out those RUGs.
Read More » 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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