August 01, 2017

Federal regulators have agreed to gather more comments from providers and others on the revision of new skilled nursing prospective payment system case-mix methodology.

We do background checks on new employees. But now there’s word we’ll be getting sued because a relatively new nurse aide allegedly improperly touched certain residents. How can we avoid a potentially...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has asked for coverage of knee replacement surgeries in outpatient facilities as part of a proposal concerning hospital outpatient prospective payments.

Federal officials’ fight to enact a rule that would have made 4.2 million more workers eligible for overtime compensation won’t be carried on by the Trump administration, according to court...

Is it best practice, for consistency, to have only the wound nurse measure, stage and assess pressure injuries?

Although long-term care officials agree photos and videos of residents should not be taken or posted to social media without consent, some operators are pushing back.

House lawmakers approved legislation in late June that would place limits on awards for medical malpractice cases — a move that would benefit long-term care, according to one provider group.

The features of an ulcer are more important in predicting long-term healing than a diabetic patient’s other health characteristics.

Nursing home groups say they are grateful that regulators heard their concerns about new changes to survey requirements and softened the blow.

As tempting as they are, full-blown replacements of personal emergency response and nurse call systems are often not feasible.