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Skilled Nursing’s Ruby Slippers

Panelists Discuss Post-Acute Strategies at NIC Fall Conference With so much uncertainty about the changing health care payment and delivery system, can operators create new successful business strategies that attract investment, or is that just a dream on the far side of the rainbow? It’s a question that panelists discussed during the session titled, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Where Winning…
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CMS & Arbitration Clauses: What Skilled Nursing Needs to Know

If you serve, plan to serve, or invest in skilled nursing properties that serve Medicare and Medicaid recipients, this is a good blog post to pay attention to. On September 24, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released a final rule that increases regulations on nursing homes that care for Medicare and Medicaid residents, as the vast majority of…
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Cutting Skilled Nursing Medicare Reimbursement by 8%?

In July 2015, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), the House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman, introduced a measure called the Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015. Since that time, the bill has been under committee consideration, but just over a year later, the buzz around Washington indicates that the bill may come out of committee for a…
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A Career Aligned with Seniors Housing and Care’s Success

The Honorable Mike Leavitt to Speak about a Rapidly Changing Industry Former Utah Governor, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, current founder and chairman of Leavitt Partners . . . There’s no doubt that Mike Leavitt has an impressive history. But it’s not just his resume that makes his perspective on seniors housing and care unique and exciting. Leavitt’s…
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Boosts to Interoperability Implementation May Give Skilled Nursing a Leg-Up in Meeting CMS Requirements

Interoperability can be a point of frustration for health care professionals considering the difficulties it can impose. If you’re not familiar with it, the term refers to the ability of various health care providers to collect and share patient information electronically through an electronic health record (EHR), also known as an electronic medical record (EMR). EMR also can refer to…
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