by GV Team | Nov 15, 2018 | Regulation Changes, Resources
Article by Marty Stempniak, McKnight’s Long Term Care “The federal government on Wednesday released new data on the quality of care delivered in skilled nursing facilities, ratcheting up pressure on providers to improve outcomes. Centers for Medicare...
by GV Team | Nov 8, 2018 | Regulation Changes, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Sarah O’Brien, CNBC “Each day in the United States, about 10,000 baby boomers celebrate their 65th birthday. Their gift from good old Uncle Sam is Medicare. After years of paying payroll taxes at work to help fund this government program, these...
by GV Team | Nov 2, 2018 | Regulation Changes, Resources
Article by McKnights Long-Term Care “Better treatments for trauma-afflicted residents should reflect a deeper cultural shift, experts said Monday. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is pushing policies that are “culturally competent and...
by GV Team | Oct 19, 2018 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Regulation Changes, Resources
Article by CMS.gov What’s the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program? The Hospital VBP Program rewards acute care hospitals with incentive payments for the quality of care they give to people with Medicare. This program adjusts payments to hospitals under...
by GV Team | Oct 12, 2018 | Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Regulation Changes, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Maggie Flynn, Skilled Nursing News While rural skilled nursing facilities are facing the same reimbursement and regulatory challenges as their urban peers, they’re going to have to take some extra steps to survive the pressures. For one thing, rural SNFs...
by GV Team | Aug 28, 2018 | Messages from CEO, Patient Safety, Regulation Changes, Resources
Blog by Mark Prifogle, GrandView Pharmacy CEO I have shared these documents with our team to help them better understand how our customers and skilled nursing facilities get reimbursed in Indiana. As a group, we must focus on how to use the best evidence-based...
