Health Leaders | Nursing

JUNE 6, 2023

I didn’t even know long-term home health care existed until I retired. I went to the agency SeniorsPlus to learn about Medicare and also learned about all the other wonderful work they do, including keeping people safe in their homes when a nursing home is the alternative. A nurse like me.

Long Term Care

Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). This free resource is accessible online and can play an essential part in your internal compliance program in 2023, a year of increased oversight by CMS. Why should you read the PEPPER?

Medicare

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Years ago, a patient who fell and broke their hip would have been given therapy for the broken hip, incision care, and pain management, but the underlying issue that contributed to the patient’s fall, such as alcoholism, was not treated. It allows seniors who require long-term care services from a nursing home to live in their homes.

Medicaid

Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. You’ll get better reimbursement from Medicare, the big blues, and everybody else in insurance. You’ll get better patient outcomes.

Nurse Shortage

Minority Nurse

MARCH 29, 2023

She is committed to providing top-notch care to the communities served by VNS Health Choice MAP and MLTC, many of whom come from vulnerable backgrounds. Esther Conteh is an important nursing leader , and we’re pleased to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2023. What is your title, and where do you work?

Long Term Care

American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

Clinician use of the 2023 updated Beers Criteria ( guidelinecentral.com/guideline/340784 ), a list of medications to avoid or use with caution in older adults, further aids identification of potentially inappropriate drugs that lead to reduced quality of life. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Telemedicine

Amercan Journal of Nursing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. The realities of today’s long-term care environment.

Long Term Care

IntelyCare

MAY 1, 2024

Nearly eight months have passed since The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to set minimum staffing standards for nursing homes. Others were concerned that the minimal standards didn’t go far enough to promote safer care. The dust has settled — for now. HPRD for registered nurses (RNs) and 2.45

Long Term Care

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 14, 2022

In direct response to the significant challenges experienced by long term care (LTC) facilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its commitment to improving safety and quality of care. Background .

Long Term Care

Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

Since 2016, fewer patients with severe wounds have received care in long-term care hospitals, and more patients have gone to less costly facilities like inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. Considering joining the 2023 Wild on Wound Conference? billion in fiscal year 2016 to $2.01 Register here.

Long Term Care

Nurse.com

APRIL 22, 2023

Perhaps one of the most impacted was nursing homes and long-term care facilities. According to 2023 data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website, more than 1.5 Post-COVID-19 focus No matter the setting, COVID-19 had an impact on hundreds of thousands of patients and healthcare professionals.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

1980s: Kennedy lesion Fast forward to the 1980s, when Karen Lou Kennedy, a nurse practitioner in a 500-bed mid-Western long-term care facility, observed that some residents rapidly developed skin breakdown, usually on their buttocks, and died within 6 weeks to months. 2023; 18(10). June 12, 2023. Walston JD.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

JULY 2, 2024

In a significant move toward achieving safe nurse staffing levels, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established minimum staffing standards for nurses in long-term care (LTC) facilities across the country. ANA’s efforts helped make this new rule a reality.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here’s a look at progress made in 2023 and priorities for 2024. This bipartisan bill would create a 5-year pilot project for schools of nursing to apply for grants from the Health Resources & Services Administration to supplement the difference between what faculty nurses are paid versus what equally trained critical care nurses earn.

APRN

Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

Here are six to watch and prepare for as 2023 unfolds. Home-based care is growing. A McKinsey & Company survey shows that up to $265 billion worth of care services could shift from traditional healthcare facilities to the home by 2025. Value-based care is growing. Penalties rise to $1M. gave pay raises. gave bonuses.

Medicare

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Furthermore, there is no evidence to support quality of care is compromised or unsafe without physician collaboration or supervision. 9,25-26,30 Rather regulatory restrictions lobbied by physician groups place undue access burdens and barriers to care for the patient and increase cost to healthcare system. 2023, January 18).

APRN

American Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Expiration: 12/1/26 Sandra Long*, a 72-year-old woman, is admitted to the emergency department from a long-term care facility for fever, poor oral intake, new-onset confusion, foul-smelling urine, and incontinence. Nurses contribute significantly to the evidence-based care of patients with UTI and in prevention efforts.

Best Practices

American Nurse

MARCH 13, 2024

A recent JAMA Network study found that sick people 85 and older were less likely than younger Medicare patients to get covid therapies like Paxlovid. In fact, the drug is still free for those who are uninsured or enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health programs, including those for veterans. Pfizer reported $12.5

Medicare

Capitol Beat

APRIL 30, 2024

Achieving safe staffing levels for nurses across care settings remains a top priority for ANA. That is why we are pleased about a recent regulatory win—the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule aimed at bolstering nurse staffing at long-term care (LTC) facilities.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

JULY 29, 2024

Just setting a number doesn’t mean anything if you’re not going to enforce it,” said Mark Miller, former president of the national organization of long-term care ombudsmen, advocates in each state who help residents resolve problems in their nursing homes. His father died in April 2023, four months after he entered the home.

Medicaid

Scrubs

JULY 16, 2024

Just setting a number doesn’t mean anything if you’re not going to enforce it,” said Mark Miller, former president of the national organization of long-term care ombudsmen, advocates in each state who help residents resolve problems in their nursing homes. His father died in April 2023, four months after he entered the home.

Medicaid

Relias

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a $320 million decrease in Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2023. Building wound care expertise and maximizing your organization’s reimbursements through the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is now more essential than ever.

Education