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As the Medicaid payment system transitions across states from RUGS to the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), nursing home operators must be wary of misconceptions – including that the transitions will always lead to additional Medicaid funds being available – while putting in place the right practices to ensure appropriate payments.
*Remember that Colorado only uses the nursing component for the Case-mix index when reading the article.
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The revised Diabetes Management Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) (available electronically) is intended to enhance the specific knowledge and skills needed by the interprofessional team members who care for patients with diabetes in PALTC settings, containing updated medication tables and guidance, staff roles in diabetes management, developing and implementing an individualized care plan, and more.
Assisted living communities edged out professional at-home care and nursing home care as the paid long-term care option of choice for U.S. middle-class retirees who participated in a recent survey. The findings were contained in a report, "The Retirement Outlook of the American Middle Class." Read more.
Nursing homes may incur an additional $25 million in fees annually and $164,900 in annual administrative costs to federal and state agencies as a result of expanded enforcement policies for civil monetary penalties included in the finalized Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS). Read more.
Free Facility Assessment Tool
Free Facility Assessment Tool
The Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) released a free Facility Assessment Tool. This assessment was updated this month to be compliant with new regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The template is organized into three parts: Resident profile, services and care offered, and facility resources needed.
From PALTnews (Post Acute Long Term Care Medical Association)
From PALTnews (Post Acute Long Term Care Medical Association)
(Provider Magazine)
Those who have lived in a rural area know there's something special about these communities. People in rural areas can often count on each other, and they value hard work and collaboration.
(McKnight's Home Care)
Creating a great home care, senior living or other long-term care or organizational culture doesn't happen by accident. It's deliberate and requires intentional leadership strategies that foster positive, productive and inclusive work environments.
(McKnight's Senior Living)
The memory care segment in continuing care retirement/life plan communities has been steadily growing over the past decade, answering a "clear need" from its resident base, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility Component Manual Tracking Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) in Long-term Care Facilities
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