MDS

More than one-quarter of nurse assessment coordinators have limited on-the-job experience, potentially leaving providers at risk for survey deficiencies and leading to poorer health outcomes for facility...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the final version of the new Resident Assessment Instrument manual Thursday .

Have you ever watched or listened to an interview where the person being interviewed consistently dodges the questions and responds with something completely unrelated or that doesn’t really answer the...

I love summer and especially the July 4th holiday. In the small town where I live, we have an event called “Jonesborough Days.” It’s a two-day celebration with a parade, food vendors, music, fireworks...

Have you ever read a really good book that was subsequently made into a movie? I have. Time after time, after watching the movie, I end up walking away thinking, “I wish I had just stuck with the book…...

I am a fan of C.S. Lewis. If you have not read “The Chronicles of Narnia,” you should. You may have seen the more recent three films based on these books. As good as they were, as is usually the case,...

Last summer, we all got a taste of where the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is heading regarding a unified payment system for Medicare-covered post-acute care

Officials with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services used Thursday’s Open Door Forum to unfold final plans for nursing homes to successfully complete the transition to the new version of MDS by...

In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services started focused on-site surveys to address the issue of erroneous coding of schizophrenia in nursing homes.  More recently, the agency began conducting...

Data already at worker’s fingertips can accurately predict patients’ fall risk and help nursing home caregivers better target prevention strategies.