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Issue 6, June 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Collaborate for care: ­Integrating hospice within the SNF

  Learn how to work with hospice providers to provide the best palliative care possible for your...

• Physician certifications and recertifications: Myth or fact?

  Elizabeth Malzahn separates falsities from truth when it comes to the regulations concerning...

• Creating person-centered care planning

  This excerpt from the HCPro book, MDS 3.0 Care Plans Made Easy, by Debbie Ohl, RN, M.Msc., PhD...

• MDS professor

  Think you’re an MDS expert? Test your knowledge of this long-term care assessment tool with...

• MDS professor answer key

  Find out the answers to the MDS professor.

• PPS Q&A

  We answer a common question about the MDS coordinator’s responsibilities in the SNF.

Issue 5, May 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Limiting CAUTIs through appropriate catheter use

  Learn how to reduce CAUTI prevalence in your SNF.

• ACOs: Can they help your facility thrive?

  Understand the financial and other risks associated with accountable care organizations, how your...

• MDS professor

  Test your knowledge of the MDS and long-term care by reading the excerpt and answering the...

• PPS Q&A

  We answer a common question about SNF administrators’ involvement with the MDS 3.0.

Issue 4, April 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Revitalize your restorative nursing program

  Though it may not get as much attention as rehab due to the substantial differences in...

• Communication and collaboration: IDT best practices

  Quality resident care is directly linked to the abilities and efficiency of the interdisciplinary...

• MedPAC recommends ­significant payment cuts

  In January, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted for significant changes to the way SNFs...

• MDS professor

  Test your knowledge of the MDS and long-term care by answering the following questions.

• PPS Q&A

    We answer a common question about using skills checklists in a competency assessment...

Issue 3, March 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Making sense of the latest RAI changes

  In January, CMS released the RAI User’s Manual changes that will take effect April 1. While...

• At the forefront of transitional care culture change: Meadowlark Hills' Therapy Suite

  Meadowlark Hills’ new therapy suite is reinventing rehabilitative care and occupational...

• Are you 5010 compliant yet?

  Learn who your facility needs to be talking to and what must be done to be in compliance with the...

• ICD-10-CM/PCS myths and facts

  CMS reviews common misconceptions about the new coding system to help your facility understand its...

Issue 2, February 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Assessment amendments: Steps for MDS modifications and inactivations

  Learn when MDS modifications and inactivations are needed and how to properly make record...

• COT basics to best

  Joel VanEaton lists the basic rules pertaining to COT use and completion, and explains the...

• Quantifying care for quality improvement: The Planetree designation program

  Culture change is all about attaining and maintaining resident-centered care. Read about the...

• MDS professor

  Think you’re an MDS expert? Test your knowledge of this long-term care assessment tool with...

• PPS Q&A

  We answer a common question about competency assessment program documentation.

Issue 1, January 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Wound care work: Your ­clinical staff's ­responsibilities

  Focus the role of wound care nurses and the interdiciplinary approach of your frontline staff based...

• PPS Alert advisory board members share insights

  Members of the PPS Alert advisory board offer their thoughts on the expected changes, challenges...

• CMS issues COT and EOT provider clarifications

  After fielding multiple questions about the COT and EOT OMRAs during the November 2011 SNF National...

• MDS professor

  Think you’re an MDS expert? Test your knowledge of this long-term care assessment tool with...

• PPS Q&A

  We answer a common question about holding productive staff meetings.