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, […]
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Aging Media Network, the parent company of Skilled Nursing News, for the first time will highlight the very best in marketing, advertising, and public relations in the world of post-acute and long-term care. Communication with referral sources, regulators, payers, vendors, and the public has never been more critical than over the past year, as stakeholders […]
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 […]
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of care delivery across the senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice industries. To see this year’s future leaders, visit Future Leaders online. Christa Kelly, vice […]
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 […]
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 […]
While therapy is a critical component for both post-acute and long-term care residents of skilled nursing facilities, achieving engagement among some patients can be a challenge for both in-house and third-party therapy providers. By “gamifying” therapy via a hardware-agnostic platform, some providers are finding not only much greater engagement among patients and residents receiving therapy, […]
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 — […]
For skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the major benefit of telemedicine is that it brings medical services to patients — and assistance to care providers — that might otherwise remain out of reach, at a moment’s notice. But telemedicine only thrives when the people on the ground want to use it and know how to get […]
Payroll compliance has always been a challenge in skilled nursing, but 2020 is proving to be an even bigger challenge because of a few new regulations. With a revamped W-4, a new overtime threshold and changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), skilled nursing providers both large and small face a new wave of payroll […]
This article is in partnership with RehabCare. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Glenda Mack, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer of RehabCare, to learn how RehabCare prepped clients for Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) a year in advance, and how the company views its responsibilities as not just […]
This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with PointClickCare Senior Vice President of Strategic Market Programs Terri Weckle to learn the biggest changes in the skilled world other than the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), the best ways skilled providers can grow financially healthy, and the work providers […]
This article is sponsored by Blue Sky Therapy. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Blue Sky Therapy Chief Quality and Operations Officer Lisa Chambers to get her take on the competitive advantage therapists have under PDPM, how SNFs are changing therapy utilization under PDPM, and how Blue Sky’s new dementia program […]
This article is sponsored by SRX. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with SRX Senior Vice President of Business Development Paula Agoglia to get her take on all things pharmacy: how skilled nursing facilities can use technology to reduce their pharmacy spend, the top three areas that operators should look for in […]
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