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April 2013 Social media is a vital part of everyone’s lives today on both a professional and a personal level. For human resource professionals, however, there exists some confusion about what constitutes a permissible social media policy or rule and what an employee can safely “post” on a social media website about his or her employer without being subject to discipline and/or termination.
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May 2013 The Senate has confirmed Marilyn Tavenner as the new director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. May 2013 Senators on Thursday will mark up legislation that could overhaul the nation’s immigration system. Long term care providers, like many of the nation’s businesses, have gotten behind legislation sponsored by the so-called “Gang of Eight” senators that would expand skilled visas and—at least, potentially—allow illegal immigrants to change their status. May 2013 Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) could increase by $500 million next year under new rules proposed Wednesday by the Obama Administration. May 2013 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proclaimed recently that its two-year-old Fraud Prevention System (FPS) is a fruitful investment with a high rate of return, but Congress is not as sanguine about the agency’s fraud-fighting efforts as the agency appears to be. April 2013 Social media is a vital part of everyone’s lives today on both a professional and a personal level. For human resource professionals, however, there exists some confusion about what constitutes a permissible social media policy or rule and what an employee can safely “post” on a social media website about his or her employer without being subject to discipline and/or termination. March 2013 Long term care advocates in Florida are getting behind a bill that would allow stricken patients to use their life insurance policies to help pay for their care. February 2013 The American Health Care Association on Thursday pushed back against a report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General that accused long term care professionals of sloppy care planning. February 2013 What are the most pressing issues facing the profession today? Gov. Mark Parkinson, AHCA president and CEO, draws upon his experience as both a long term care owner/operator, and as a former policymaker, to answer this question with clarity and candor. February 2013 A federal court has approved a settlement between patient rights activists and the Obama administration that could open up millions in payments to long-term sufferers of debilitating diseases. February 2013 While the new regulations on Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) involve processes that go beyond the QIS methods, use of the QIS process addresses many aspects of such a program.
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April 2013 Social media is a vital part of everyone’s lives today on both a professional and a personal level. For human resource professionals, however, there exists some confusion about what constitutes a permissible social media policy or rule and what an employee can safely “post” on a social media website about his or her employer without being subject to discipline and/or termination.
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May 2013 The Senate has confirmed Marilyn Tavenner as the new director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. May 2013 Senators on Thursday will mark up legislation that could overhaul the nation’s immigration system. Long term care providers, like many of the nation’s businesses, have gotten behind legislation sponsored by the so-called “Gang of Eight” senators that would expand skilled visas and—at least, potentially—allow illegal immigrants to change their status. May 2013 Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) could increase by $500 million next year under new rules proposed Wednesday by the Obama Administration. May 2013 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proclaimed recently that its two-year-old Fraud Prevention System (FPS) is a fruitful investment with a high rate of return, but Congress is not as sanguine about the agency’s fraud-fighting efforts as the agency appears to be. April 2013 Social media is a vital part of everyone’s lives today on both a professional and a personal level. For human resource professionals, however, there exists some confusion about what constitutes a permissible social media policy or rule and what an employee can safely “post” on a social media website about his or her employer without being subject to discipline and/or termination. March 2013 Long term care advocates in Florida are getting behind a bill that would allow stricken patients to use their life insurance policies to help pay for their care. February 2013 The American Health Care Association on Thursday pushed back against a report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General that accused long term care professionals of sloppy care planning. February 2013 What are the most pressing issues facing the profession today? Gov. Mark Parkinson, AHCA president and CEO, draws upon his experience as both a long term care owner/operator, and as a former policymaker, to answer this question with clarity and candor. February 2013 A federal court has approved a settlement between patient rights activists and the Obama administration that could open up millions in payments to long-term sufferers of debilitating diseases. February 2013 While the new regulations on Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) involve processes that go beyond the QIS methods, use of the QIS process addresses many aspects of such a program.
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