Economic Trends | Regulatory Environment | Skilled Nursing
By: Liz Liberman | October 05, 2016
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.
Economic Trends | Regulatory Environment | Skilled Nursing
By: Liz Liberman | September 28, 2016
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 vote. The current text of the bill is relatively brief and introduces three policies to govern post-acute care providers that treat Medicare patients, including home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, and hospice agencies.
Economic Trends | Ideas and Discussion | Regulatory Environment
By: Liz Liberman | September 07, 2016
The Honorable Mike Leavitt to Speak about a Rapidly Changing Industry
Economic Trends | Regulatory Environment | Skilled Nursing
By: Liz Liberman | August 24, 2016
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 internal electronic records that are used for diagnostic purposes but not intended for distribution outside the private practice.
