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Surviving the Triple “Whammy” 30 Dec 2012 | 02:29 pm
Long term budget problems at the national and state levels are creating a state of dread for nursing home providers. The Fiscal Cliff is looming and there are potential cuts to Medicare...
Outsourcing Cost Control for Nursing Homes – Medicaid Managed Long Term Care 11 Nov 2012 | 07:18 pm
New York State has the most expensive Medicaid program in the United States. This fact is no surprise to anyone in our industry; New York spends $54 billion dollars on Medicaid. According to the Kai...
Outsourcing Cost Control for Nursing Homes – Medicaid Managed Long Term Care 11 Nov 2012 | 07:12 pm
New York State has the most expensive Medicaid program in the United States. This fact is no surprise to anyone in our industry; New York spends $54 billion dollars on Medicaid. Ac...
Lean Incontinence Care 7 Sep 2012 | 02:46 am
The June issue of Provider has an interesting article entitled, “How to do it…Incontinence Management.” In the upper right hand corner there was a highlighted quote that summarized the essence of thi...
How Do We Get It Done – We go Lean 6 Sep 2012 | 02:02 am
This Blog was originally uploaded in January 2010. Given the recent postings related to Lean Thinking, this Blog has new meaning. So with some minor modification, I am recycling this Blog. There a...
Quintiles Count! 31 Jul 2012 | 06:39 pm
If you haven’t received your copy of the July 24, 2012, “Dear Nursing Home Quality Pool Work Group Member, “ from the Department of Health, go to your trade association website and download it. This ...
New Innovations Needed! 10 Jul 2012 | 02:09 am
An editorial in the June 2, 2012 New York Times, featured some good news, “about the overly costly, underperforming American health care system.” Of course they were describing an inn...
Time for Lean Thinking 31 May 2012 | 03:38 pm
How does a 200 bed nursing home lower its medical/surgical/nursing supply expenses to $2.51 per patient per day (PPD) and maximize nursing care hours so that on average patients received four (4) hour...
Virtual Solutions to Achieve Your Goals 28 Apr 2012 | 01:51 am
It is year two of Governor Cuomo’s Global Medicaid Budget, the Medicaid Redesign Teams (MRTs) and the transition to Medicaid payment from Managed Long Term Care Agencies (MLTCA). Together they are cr...
Health Care Reform V 2.0 world 15 Apr 2012 | 08:49 am
Whether you are a loyal NPR listener, a Fox News watcher, or somewhere in between, you are paying some attention to the three day testimony before the Supreme Court on Health Care Reform (otherwise kn...
