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In the ongoing war against health care fraud and abuse, CMS has upped the ante in its efforts to snag wrongdoers with new and robust data mining systems aimed at rooting out outliers. READ MOREPay for performance in the nursing home setting is proliferating, and it's the states that are making headway in getting it off the ground. READ MOREThis month's Caregiving column features a nursing home that successfully reduced medication use among its residents who had dementia. The outcomes: improved quality of life and more efficient use of staff time. READ MOREThe physiology of a human being's interaction with nature is examined in this month's feature story, which makes a compelling argument for getting long term care residents outside and into the woods, or even the backyard. READ MOREMinimizing expenditures is more important than ever, and being vigilant about staff time is something that can reduce facility spending on a large scale, according to this month's Human Resources column. READ MORE
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April 27, 2012 A new definition of home- and community-based services (HCBS) settings gives states more leeway to include assisted living and other residential care options in its Medicaid programs than a previously published definition, according to the National Center for Assisted Living. April 25, 2012 Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) will likely breathe a sigh of relief when fiscal year (FY) 2013 arrives. Provider learned today that instead of a hit in reimbursement, SNFs will get a boost in the form of a prospective payment system (PPS) market basket update of approximately 1.8 percent for FY 2013.
April 23, 2012 Cooperation between providers and nursing home surveyors is key to better serving the nation’s seniors and individuals with disabilities, Gov. Mark Parkinson, president and chief executive officer of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), told attendees of the 2012 Survey and Certification Leadership Summit today in Baltimore.
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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 2012 Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan offers providers a helpful overview of Medicare enforcement priorities. Read MoreElliot Zemel Associate at Fenton Nelson A new website is dedicated to patients who have terminal illnesses as a place where they can post their words, both private and public. Read MoreKaren Everett Watson Gerontologist, blogger, and journalist Amenities become more than marketing prerequisites or necessary appointments when providers use them to weave a social fabric. Managed use of common areas can transform a community. Read MoreRobert Koch, AIA Principal at Fugleberg Koch
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May 01, 2012 Despite, or perhaps because of, the swirl of macro-level concerns and headwinds brought on by recession-driven budget deficits and the Accountable Care Act, interest among major payers in the utility of financial incentives to align quality and value in health care purchasing refuses to recede. May 01, 2012 In 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted a study of 1,988 residents from 40 nursing homes in five states. In that study, CMS found that 40 percent of the residents surveyed said they did not get outside as much as they wanted.
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Renee Naylor, Westcare Healthcare Management Renee Naylor, Westcare Healthcare Management Domninic Chianese Domninic Chianese Dr. Bill Thomas Dr. Bill Thomas
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