September 2021

Read the digital edition of the September 2021 print issue here. Select excerpts from this month’s magazine can also be found below.

Can you explain the Interrupted Stay and how it impacts Medicare billing?

When reviewing the emergency preparedness program, we wondered: What trainings are required? Are they delayed due to the pandemic?

How do we prevent and treat venous stasis ulcers in our facility?

How do you keep a Foley bag from touching the floor when a resident is in a low bed?

Alicia DiGiammarino, MS, Developer of HEAR with UCSF

President Joe Biden triggered broad dissent among the nursing home industry when he announced Aug. 18 that facilities would lose their Medicare and Medicaid funding if employees were not vaccinated against...

Here’s how providers are integrating with key partners and combining clinical prowess with new technology to go after more complex patients and create census-driving powerhouses.

A tornado struck Connecticut when Lynn M. Hood was an emergency medical technician in high school, and she found herself assisting in one of her first emergency disasters. Since then, she has continued...

2020 McKnight’s Mood of the Market Survey reveals dedicated long-term care leaders looking for better salary and more staff, but by and large satisfied with their jobs, despite historic conditions.