by Cherie Rowell | Friday, July 11, 2014 | Clinical
Maintenance Therapy and Medicare Reimbursement On January 24, 2013, the U. S. District Court for the District of Vermont approved a settlement agreement in the case of Jimmo v. Sebelius, in which the plaintiffs alleged that Medicare contractors were...
by Cherie Rowell | Monday, June 16, 2014 | Clinical, Regulatory
Actually, the dining standards are not so new! The Pioneer Network is a growing coalition of organizations and individuals from across the nation, dedicated to making fundamental changes in values and practices in long term care. In 2011, the task force met to review...
by Cherie Rowell | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 | Clinical
Care givers in long term care settings struggle with providing good oral care for their residents. Consistent, adequate, oral hygiene can be a challenge with long term care admissions that have diagnoses such as dementia and often resist routine dental hygiene. Giving...
by Cherie Rowell | Thursday, April 17, 2014 | Clinical
Prescription drugs are important in the treatment and management of chronic diseases and pain in the senior population. The right medication can greatly contribute to improvement in quality of life, decreased pain and chronic symptomology, as well as increasing life...
by Cherie Rowell | Monday, March 17, 2014 | Clinical
Changes in therapy reimbursement and daily practice have been overwhelming the past 2 years! No longer can we utilize some of the therapy delivery modes that have clinically been a benefit to our clients i.e. group treatment and concurrent therapy delivery, being...
