In 15 years spent between two nursing homes, I have come to see many annual surveys. At my first facility, the aides were very nervous at survey Read More »
I searched on Google for images of the word “overwhelmed” and you can only imagine what I saw. In truth, I thought I would see a picture of a Read More »
Three recent developments indicate sharp scrutiny being placed on the home health industry. Stemming from Congress, the courts and the Office of Read More »
A bill introduced last month by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), titled the “Nursing Home Resident Pain Relief Act of 2011,” requires major revisions if it Read More »
Judah L. Ronch, PhD In a recent draft report on the work of The Food and Dining Clinical Standards Task Force, (convened by the Pioneer Network Read More »
Flooding, tornados, hurricanes, fires and terrorism—we live in volatile times in a volatile world. As I traveled last week to the annual National Read More »
Jason E. Bring, Esq The federal False Claims Act (FCA) permits private persons known as “relators” to file a form of civil action against private Read More »
Legendary actor Mickey Rooney's testimony during a Senate hearing last winter about alleged abuse suffered at the hands of a family member triggered Read More »
Tamar Abell Government investigations of today's 17,000 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are increasing and, unfortunately, as a result so are Read More »
Pharmaceutical and hazardous wastes are ever-present management challenges for long-term care (LTC) administrators. They are regulated by several Read More »
The importance of the long-term care (LTC) mission and this hyperintensive regulatory environment requires constant vigilance and hard work. As Read More »
Long-term care professionals are using a variety of approaches to streamline work within the MDS 3.0 assessment process implemented last October. Read More »
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) enforces equal employment opportunity laws. This most prominently includes Executive Read More »
Diane Carter, RN, MSN, CS The MDS 3.0 demands that you focus on resident voice and choice. But the MDS, Care Area Assessments (CAAs), and care Read More »
Failure to maintain compliance with applicable rules and regulations can be costly to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The Office of Inspector Read More »
I received an e-mail this morning containing a link to a New York Times blog titled, “Report Questions Nursing Home Charges,” by Paula Span, which Read More »
As noted in the September 2010 issue of Long-Term Living (“Old law-New problem,” p. 32), the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has Read More »
It's been 10 years since the Drug Enforcement Administration briefly mentioned in a Federal Register notice that long-term care nurses are not Read More »
Just as your organization uses operational, compliance, and financial audits to understand how well you are meeting your mission and objectives, Read More »
At a glance… Bob Gatty highlights two reports on the state of quality in long-term care. Industry lobbyists, intent on blocking proposed Medicare Read More »
The Quality Indicator Survey (QIS)-that intriguing potential substitute for the not-much-beloved OBRA nursing home survey process-is marching right Read More »
Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series. This month's discussion focuses on how to keep good records to avoid a RAC audit. If you are Read More »
Long-term care providers continue in a holding pattern awaiting the anticipated transition from MDS 2.0 to MDS 3.0. While exact specifications of Read More »
Mountville, Penn.-Since last year's inception of the national Five-Star rating system of nursing homes, a new question has emerged for owners: Is my Read More »
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new Interpretive Guidance for several quality of life and environment tags on April 10. Read More »
New technologies to document care at the point of care (POC) and to query results and schedules without leaving the resident's side to use a Read More »
Baltimore, Md.-Federal survey and certification regulations going into unprecedented detail and depth on resident quality of life will go into Read More »
Noting that one in five Medicare patients are rehospitalized after discharge, and three-fourths of these cases could be avoided, the Centers for Read More »
