This article is sponsored by Axis Healthcare. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with founder and president Tom MacDonald to learn why he founded Axis Healthcare, how the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is impacting therapy utilization and the top three questions a SNF operator should ask to determine whether to bring therapy […]
This article is sponsored by Z-CORE Analytics. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Z-CORE Analytics CEO (and founder of Zimmet Healthcare) Marc Zimmet to learn how Z-CORE, or “CORE,” is creating new Medicare claims data resources for the skilled nursing industry, the work the company is doing with Medicare Advantage data […]
This article is sponsored by Sound Physicians. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Sound Physicians National Medical Director Dr. Brian Carpenter to learn how Sound became a leader in the post-acute space, what COVID-19 might mean for telemedicine, how Sound Telemedicine (a division of Sound Physicians) has managed to treat 93% […]
A picture is becoming all too common with the renewed rise in COVID cases in SNFs and other senior care facilities: a staff member at your SNF tests positive for COVID-19, thus triggering the facility’s testing protocols including immediate contact tracing. This is a time-intensive process, leading to increased testing and anxiety among residents and […]
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There are two halves to the term “incontinence care,” and no one does a better job at enabling seniors with incontinence to focus on the second half of the term, rather than the first, than skilled nursing providers. The care that skilled nursing facilities (SNF) provide to seniors in this delicate area is deeply important, […]
This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with PointClickCare Vice President of Data Intelligence Nancy Chi to learn why real-time data collection is vital in skilled nursing, how preparation for the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) was an unwitting trial run for the data collection needs of COVID-19 […]
Medicare patients transitioning to home from hospitals or skilled nursing facilities are at a high risk for readmission, and while part of that risk is physical, it is also educational. Upon discharge, seniors are often adrift. They don’t necessarily know their own health needs, nor do they fully understand the next steps that promote care […]
While COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on all health care providers, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) face a more urgent need due to the impact that the novel virus has on the elderly and vulnerable. While providers have faced challenges in infection control, protective equipment and staffing levels, what hasn’t changed is the need to attend […]
A REIT is a REIT is a REIT, right? Not exactly. California-based LTC is a health care REIT [real estate investment trust] of about $2 billion investing in about 180 health care properties, half of which are skilled nursing facilities (SNF). And while new co-presidents Clint Malin and Pam Kessler plan to continue the REIT’s […]
In the second quarter of 2020, Form 941 underwent the biggest overhaul it has seen in the past 30 years of payroll history. Employers file the form quarterly to report income taxes, Social Security tax or Medicare tax that is withheld from employee paychecks, and to pay the employer’s portion of social security and Medicare […]
This article is sponsored by LTC. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with LTC Chief Investment Officer — and new co-president — Clint Malin to learn about how LTC became a unique real estate investment trust (REIT) in skilled nursing, why the REIT is focused on shorter duration investments right now and […]
This article is sponsored by SRX. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with SRX founder and COO of Synergy Healthcare Alliance (HCA) Yosef Daskal to learn how managing pharmacy spend is key during COVID-19, how the right technology can help skilled nursing facility (SNF) operators capture millions of dollars in rebates, and […]
This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with PointClickCare Vice President and General Manager of Skilled Nursing Russ DePriest to learn why he views the response of skilled nursing facilities (SNF) to COVID-19 “superhuman,” the biggest challenge SNFs are facing during the pandemic, and the most important […]
When the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) took effect October 1, 2019, therapists wondered if their days were numbered — or at least limited. The decoupling of therapy minutes and Medicare reimbursements seemed to suggest that therapy utilization might greatly decrease in 2020. But the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have created a new urgency around […]
This article is sponsored by Tapestry Health. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Tapestry Health Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Mordy Eisenberg to learn about why he believes the term “telemedicine” is often misused, how Tapestry Health has helped reduce re-hospitalizations and mortality rates at skilled nursing facilities (SNF), and why […]
For nearly three months now, skilled nursing residents have been on lockdown. On March 13, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance banning all non-essential visits to the nation’s more than 15,000 nursing homes in efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19. This is a sorely needed protection for this most vulnerable of […]
As Dr. Suresh Nellore, an infectious disease specialist, looked at the skilled nursing facility (SNF) landscape in this new age of COVID-19, he saw a pair of old problems with new, deeper challenges: rehospitalization risk and timeliness of reimbursements. Specifically, Nellore saw a large, unmet need at SNFs and in long-term care facilities, where acuity […]
This article is sponsored by CORE Analytics, a provider of market analytics and Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) data solutions for skilled nursing providers. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with CORE’s Chief Operating Officer Vincent Fedele to learn how PDPM changed the game for skilled nursing, why skilled nursing providers have been […]
This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with PointClickCare Senior Director of Clinical Product Management Brian Buys to learn how PointClickCare is reinventing the paradigm of the electronic health record, helping skilled nursing facilities (SNF) see data as a starting point — not an end point — […]