Month: March 2011

I Advance Senior Care | March 1, 2011

AHCA/NCAL Announces ‘Enhanced’ Quality Department

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) announced Tuesday that David R. Gifford, MD, MPH, will be Read More »

Patricia Sheehan | March 1, 2011

5 steps to a proactive compliance program

With passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Congress mandated nursing home compliance above and beyond the annual surveys Read More »

I Advance Senior Care | March 1, 2011

MDS 3.0’s challenging PPS assessments

MDS 3.0 and RUGs-IV hit long-term care with a wave of change on October 1, 2010. Universally, most MDS coordinators struggled with the new Read More »