February 17, 2012 Jaime Todd
article
Survey excellence should be a professional goal of all healthcare workers. I suggest a three-step approach to encouraging complete staff involvement: the Focus Review, the Fast Track and the Survey Prime.
February 14, 2012
news
The CMS announcement followed a separate HHS report finding that the government had recovered nearly $4.1 billion in healthcare fraud cases during FY2011.
February 13, 2012
news
Advanced Standing, a four-year pilot program, will expand oversight of assisted living facilities in the state and for the first time collect quality data on these facilities.
February 8, 2012
blog
Bethany Health Care Center, Framingham, Mass., has made U.S. News & World Report's annual list of top-rated nursing homes three times. Its administrator explains the simple formula for her community's success.
February 6, 2012
news
The Measures Application Partnership is recommending a coordinated performance measurement that promotes quality improvement across the industry.
February 2, 2012
news
The bill that the CLASS repeal was a part of now moves on to the Senate, where Democrats aren’t expected to bring it up.
February 2, 2012 Paula G. Sanders, Esq.
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The current Medicare payment policy for hospital “never events” has created risks for unassuming post-acute providers. Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and CCRCs need to prepare for the coming impact.
January 30, 2012 Kevin Kolus, Editor
blog
Gov. Quinn has boosted nursing home funding by millions of dollars to help carry out safety reforms passed in 2010. This is because the state won’t have to touch its own coffers to distribute the cash.
January 20, 2012 Stan Szpytek
article
Preparedness and safety are not to be ignored. They determine how successfully an adverse event may be mitigated. And in long-term care communities, disaster training and drills are required.
January 10, 2012
news
Gov. Branstad said the bill would force nursing homes and other facilities to inform staff, residents, residents’ families and the community when a registered sex offender is accepted into a facility.
January 6, 2012
news
New standards build upon regulations published earlier this year that set industry-wide standards for how health providers use electronic systems to determine a patient’s eligibility for health coverage and check on the status of a health claim.
January 5, 2012
news
Hospice company is charged with misspending millions of tax dollars intended for Medicare recipients in need of hospice care.
