April 2018 39 4 Issue of McKnight's Long Term Care News
April 2018 issue of McKnight's Long-Term Care News
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State News
Features
Myths busted! SNF therapy is a great place for debunking persistent misconceptions and lore
Despite efforts by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to clarify Medicare rules via its coverage manuals and local coverage determinations, some rules are ...
IT expands its horizons: From furnaces to food service, a wealth of software services are available to deliver well-timed attention to physical plant issues that don't involve direct resident care
While some solutions are just beginning to realize their potential, others are evolving beyond the wildest expectations.
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Ask the care expert
Ask the Care Expert about ... documentation terms
At my facility, they are mixing pressure ulcer with other terms. What's correct to use in documenting?
Ask the treatment expert
Ask the Treatment Expert about ... support surfaces
We are evaluating preventive and therapeutic support surfaces for our beds. What should we consider most?
Wound care
Ask the nursing expert
Ask the Nursing Expert about ... EHR transitions
My company just announced the purchase of a new electronic health record system. As the director of nursing, how can I smooth the nursing department's ...
Nursing
Ask the payment expert
Ask the Payment Expert about ... how the survey process has changed
Has the new survey process really changed much?
Payment & policy
ACOs save on backs of SNFs
Providers taking part in a Medicare experiment saved money by funneling care away from skilled nursing facilities and toward physician services, according to a new ...
Lawmakers target SNFs' big payer for fraud, waste cuts
A pair of Congressional subcommittees focused on oversight have banded together to examine ways to reduce Medicaid fraud and waste.
Ask the legal expert
Ask the Legal Expert about ... off-duty abuse allegations
A member of our executive team is going through a divorce where his ex-wife alleges physical abuse. What should we do?
Legal Matters
Design
Design: A true community effort at Rockingham County
When the agents of government come together for a cause, the results can impress, as Rockingham County demonstrates
How to do it…
How to do it: Memory care dining program
Memory care often calls for unique and innovative approaches in every facet of dementia residents' facility experience, and dining is no exception. Experts offer valuable ...
A day in the life
Technology
Fall detection technologies rarely tested on the elderly
Those wearable pendants and sensors that promise to alert caregivers if a senior is about to, or has just experienced, a fall may not be ...
Opinion
Things I Think: What the gods want
I know how much you look to me for guidance and insights in navigating the uber-complicated world of long-term care.
Resident care
Company news
ManorCare files papers for bankruptcy, QCP will buy it
The other shoe finally dropped for the one-time largest nursing home chain in the country.
Vendor news
SNF aims to cut ER visits via telemedicine
A New Jersey provider is testing out telemedicine services in its skilled-nursing facilities, in the hope that it might cut back on unnecessary ER visits.
Editor’s desk
Need some success? You just need to be like Mike
Why would anyone who lives in the Chicago area ever need 700 more pages of Michael Jordan, I thought when I saw the gift. We ...
