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Long-Term Care Nurse Fired for Not Falsifying Documentation

Nurse.com

A long-term care nurse shared that her facility was accused of negligence in failing to use bed rails properly to prevent residents from falling out of bed. . The RN did the assessment and documented her results. The administrator had another RN change the documentation done initially by the RN in question.

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HSPN ELEVATE: The Common Thread Linking Documentation, Satisfaction, and Revenue Protection

Hospice News

Hospice News: Today we will talk about threads of clinical documentation and satisfaction and also revenue protection. Here’s an area that you missed from a documentation perspective where you could get dinged by CMS for not documenting it, either this element or this way.” One example is a CTI. They love doing it.

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3 Strategies for Hospice GIP Compliance

Hospice News

Operators may not provide that level of care in a home, hospice residential facility, assisted living or a long term care nursing home, she said. It’s what is going on with the patient that day that requires that patient to be on GIP care.”

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Top 5 things therapists should know about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule for 2025

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Established in 1992, the MPFS is a comprehensive payment system that accounts for the costs of delivering care in various settings, including skilled nursing facilities, physician offices and outpatient clinics. This change promotes faster patient care initiation and minimizes back-and-forth for certification signatures.

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Staff Education an Anchor Amid Widespread Hospice Audits

Hospice News

This trend means that hospices have increasingly been preparing for or addressing several audits at different phases of the process, according to Jason Bring, co-chair of post-acute and long-term care at the law firm Arnall Golden Gregory LLP (AGG). Having an audit with denials is really routine at this point in the industry.

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Canada’s New Long-Term Care Standards- Accountability & Risk Management on a Mission

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This was in the 80s, before Long-Term Care (LTC) Standards were anywhere near what they are now. It was common then, and I’m afraid still today, to hear seniors swear they would never “go into a nursing home, because that’s where people go to die.” Topping the list of answers to the question, “How did we get here?”

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Where quality meets compliance: A path to harmony in skilled nursing facilities

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

In today’s post-acute care landscape, quality of care and compliance are no longer separate priorities; they are interconnected drivers of success. By embedding quality practices into compliance frameworks, nursing facilities can promote safer, more effective care while meeting regulatory requirements.