The Medicare beneficiaries (plaintiffs) involved in a class action lawsuit challenging a common hospital practice of admitting patients “for observation” rather than “inpatient” have another...
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Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) is a FREE quality improvement program that focuses heavily on the management and communication of acute change in...
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On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, a Medicaid rate case that questions the...
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The leader of the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is resigning after five years at the head of the agency. Marilyn Tavenner announced...
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Navigator Group Purchasing has released the January edition of Navigator News. View the full issue here. Highlights include specials from: AliMed – 35% off contracted...
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The upcoming DQA Quarterly Information Update, to be released shortly, will contain an announcement that starting February 1, 2015 nursing home exit conferences will no...
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Following a Presidential directive, CMS has previously indicated additions and changes would be coming to the nursing home five star rating system, and as these...
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On Tuesday evening, Governor Scott Walker presented his $68 billion "Freedom and Prosperity" 2015-17 biennial state budget to members of the Wisconsin Legislature. The budget...
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Think of all the fun your community can have with this year’s National Nursing Home Week (NNHW) theme of “Bring on the Fiesta!” May 10...
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