How can Therapy Services Impact your Five-Star Rating with CMS?
The Five Star rating system, upgraded in 2009, combined with increases in online rating systems that the consumer relies on to make decisions, has definitely made a splash in long term care. The Five-Star Rating system has somewhat changed the way we choose communities for our loved ones. Consumer behavior still supports word of mouth references, […]
April is National Occupational Therapy Awareness Month!
Occupational therapy is the holistic intervention in many areas of occupation such as: activities of daily living (ADLs) including: bathing, dressing, grooming; instrumental activities of living, such as: home and financial management, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure and social participation.
CRE: A newer and more persistent antibiotic resistant bacteria
The CDC has been tracking a resistant bacteria call carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae or CRE since 2001. This bacterium causes infections that are resistant to antibiotics and have affected people who are in or recently had inpatient medical care. CRE has affected 4% of short-stay hospitals and 18% of long-term acute care hospitals all having at least […]
5 Ways Effective Rehab Services Can Improve Your Census
By Amanda Green, HTS Director of Marketing 1. Rehab Services: Rehabilitation Outcomes As many of you already know, our hospital discharge planners and physicians are overloaded with senior care communities trying to get through their door. Stand out from the masses with clear, concise data on your facility’s rehabilitation outcomes by diagnosis. Through measurable outcomes, […]
Magic Show Funds Provides 30,000 Meals to Children in Need
The 4th annual Greenwood Rotary Magic Show, which took place on Wed. Feb 13th at Greenwood Community High School, entertained hundreds of area residents and their children and helped feed the hungry. This year was the first in which the club partnered with the local nonprofit organization, Kids Against Hunger. The proceeds from the show […]
CDC’s New STEADI Tool Kit Now Available
CDC’s Injury Center created the STEADI Tool Kit for health care providers who see older adults in their practice who are at risk of falling or who may have fallen in the past. The STEADI Tool Kit gives health care providers the information and tools they need to assess and address their older patients’ fall […]
Medicare Cuts Expected to Take Effect April 1st
As many of you are aware, barring a last-minute bridging of the vast partisan gap in our nation’s capital, across the board cuts through sequestration are to go into effect today, March 1st. As we understand it, due to a technicality in the stop-gap continuance that was passed by Congress on January 1, 2013, cuts […]
Therapy Cap Update
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) was signed into law by President Obama on January 2, 2013. This law extends the Medicare Part B Outpatient Therapy Cap Exceptions Process through December 31, 2013. Section 603 of this Act contains a number of Medicare provisions affecting the outpatient therapy caps and manual medical review […]
Healthy Tips for Keeping Your Brain Young
Our brain is truly amazing. Ever heard the term “use it or lose it”? This statement is scientifically proven to be true when it relates to the brain. It is estimated that the human brain produces over 70,000 thoughts on an average day.
Jimmo v. Sebelius – Medicare Lawsuit
Jimmo V. Sebelius is a court case we have all been hearing about and reading about on the internet. The case involved Medicare beneficiaries and The Center for Medicare Advocacy (non-for-profit) who filed a lawsuit regarding what they have termed the improvement standard by which Medicare beneficiaries who could benefit from services were denied services […]