Volume 27, Issue 1, January 2019

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LTC GPS

SNF Success Under the New Hospital Readmission Payments

01/28/2019

Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD—Column Editor

Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, A...

As promised, the federal government has moved to value-based reimbursement for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) through financial adjustments based on hospital readmission rates that occur within 30 days of their discharge.

As promised, the federal...

01/28/2019

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ECRI Strategies

Arbitration and Mediation: Finding Your Organization’s Optimal Approach

01/28/2019

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM—Column Editor

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPA...

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM, discusses how aging services providers that choose to use mediation, arbitration, or both can optimize their approach by understanding available options and protections for ADR and designing a system...

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA,...

01/28/2019

Annals of Long-Term Care

AGS Viewpoint

Cracking the (Reimbursement) Code: Editorial Outlines Hard Work, Big Changes to Advance Geriatric Care

01/28/2019

American Geriatrics Society (AGS)

American Geriatrics Society (AGS) ...

A recent editorial in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (online September 17, 2018. doi:10.1111/jgs.15593) outlines how several key health services—from those for managing chronic care to those for assessing cognitive health—came...

A recent editorial in the...

01/28/2019

Annals of Long-Term Care

Editor's Page

Evidence-Based Guidance to Help LTC Providers and Staff Enhance Care Delivery and Processes

01/28/2019

Gregg Warshaw, MD, Medical Editor

Gregg Warshaw, MD, Medical Editor ...

Articles in this issue address best practice principles for medication management and explore nurse aide insights into dementia patient care.

Articles in this issue address...

01/28/2019

Annals of Long-Term Care

Diving Into Dementia

When Living at Home Is No Longer Possible

12/10/2018

Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA-C, PhD—Column Editor

Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA-C, PhD—Column ...

Clinical interventions that better prepare families, particularly the primary family caregiver, for possible placement and for the transition in care and the caregiving role would have potential benefit for all, including the patient, family,...

Clinical interventions that...

12/10/2018

Annals of Long-Term Care

Feature

Review

A Perfect-10 Foundation for Medication Management: Six Choosing Wisely Focus Areas and Four Guiding Principles

10/31/2018

Daniel Z Mansour, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP¹‚ Richard G Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD²

Daniel Z Mansour, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP...

In an effort to improve health care, the Choosing Wisely campaign has identified common medical practices that should be questioned.

In an effort to improve health...

10/31/2018

Annals of Long-Term Care

Practical Research

Exploring Certified Nurse Aide Perspectives on Caring for Residents With Dementia

10/17/2018

Elizabeth M Long, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, CNS

Jamie H Azios, PhD, CCC-SLP

Stephanie Richings, MS, CF-SLP

To understand the unique barriers impacting certified nursing aides' (CNAs) ability to care for patients with dementia, the interprofessional team should consider CNA perspectives and address expressed needs through various levels of...

To understand the unique...

10/17/2018

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