by GV Team | Apr 17, 2019 | Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Uplifting Mobility.com “Hip fractures and seniors can be very serious. When a person has a fractured hip at a young age, they’re likely to recover without much of a concern. But seniors are an entirely different scenario. Common and painful, a broken...
by GV Team | Apr 11, 2019 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Marty Stempniak, McKnights Long-Term Care News “Nearly a quarter of all heart failure patients experiencing shorter stays in skilled nursing facilities are readmitted to hospitals within 30 days, researchers have found. New York University School of...
by GV Team | Apr 3, 2019 | Regulation Changes, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Marty Stempniak, McKnights Long-Term Care News “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Monday that it has finalized updates to what private Medicare plans cover, including everything from air quality devices to food. Federal...
by GV Team | Mar 27, 2019 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News, AARP “Eight hundred hospitals will be paid less by Medicare this year because of high rates of infections and patient injuries, federal records show. The number is the highest since the federal government five years ago...
by GV Team | Mar 21, 2019 | Regulation Changes, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Dena Bunis, AARP “As administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Seema Verma plays one of the most important roles in deciding how more than 130 million Americans get health care. She directs the planning, coordination and...
