How SNFs are rated on various quality indicators, such as the rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF, is now available on the Nursing Home Compare website.

Elections too close to call, but advocacy group’s priorities remain intact regardless of how the votes fall.

In a report that seeks to address whether Medicare Advantage plans misused Medicare program dollars that CMS paid for beneficiary health care, OIG found plans “overturned 75 percent of their own denials during 2014-16.”

AHCA has offered comments to CMS on the agency’s proposed changes to ACOs, asking for more opportunities for SNFs to participate.

Providers convene at national Convention, receive advice to stay ahead of challenges.

Researchers have found that actual episode costs for certain cancers may differ by as much as 8 percent, on average, from predicted episode costs.

A review by NCAL showed that assisted living regulations, statutes, and policies in 29 states were updated between June 2017 and June 2018, with the most common changes coming in staffing.

Bipartisan legislation seeks to designate people with disabilities as a Medically Underserved Population, which could lead to caregiver incentives.

Family members of long term care residents champion the use of cameras for several reasons. They can be an effective tool to monitor the care of their loved ones or to ferret out or prevent abuse. Surveillance cameras can also allow family members to make “virtual visits” to the facility and their loved one.

Legislation to amp up the federal effort to curtail opioids abuse cleared the House of Representatives on Friday by a sweeping vote of 393-8.

How SNFs are rated on various quality indicators, such as the rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF, is now available on the Nursing Home Compare website.

Elections too close to call, but advocacy group’s priorities remain intact regardless of how the votes fall.

In a report that seeks to address whether Medicare Advantage plans misused Medicare program dollars that CMS paid for beneficiary health care, OIG found plans “overturned 75 percent of their own denials during 2014-16.”

AHCA has offered comments to CMS on the agency’s proposed changes to ACOs, asking for more opportunities for SNFs to participate.

Providers convene at national Convention, receive advice to stay ahead of challenges.

Researchers have found that actual episode costs for certain cancers may differ by as much as 8 percent, on average, from predicted episode costs.

A review by NCAL showed that assisted living regulations, statutes, and policies in 29 states were updated between June 2017 and June 2018, with the most common changes coming in staffing.

Bipartisan legislation seeks to designate people with disabilities as a Medically Underserved Population, which could lead to caregiver incentives.

Family members of long term care residents champion the use of cameras for several reasons. They can be an effective tool to monitor the care of their loved ones or to ferret out or prevent abuse. Surveillance cameras can also allow family members to make “virtual visits” to the facility and their loved one.

Legislation to amp up the federal effort to curtail opioids abuse cleared the House of Representatives on Friday by a sweeping vote of 393-8.