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Post-Acute Advisor's Best of Week

 

We are pleased to announce a new look for the Post-Acute Advisor eNewsletter and website! In addition to the new design, your Post-Acute Advisor will feature high-quality news, white papers, research reports, webinars, and other multimedia content. Thank you for being a valued Post-Acute Advisor reader!

        
 
 
 
            

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New Networking Event: Post-Acute Care Forum

This event is specifically designed for decision-makers at skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies (Manager, Director, Owners/Operators, or VP), who have projects in the pipeline and are actively sourcing solutions. Apply Here

        
 
 
 
        

Home Health

Quarterly OASIS Q&As offer detail on wound coding

CMS in its latest quarterly OASIS Q&As provided agencies with details about how to code a specific wound scenario.

        
 
 
 
        
        
 
 
 
        

Skilled Nursing Facility

EPA’s final rule on pharmaceutical waste material effective August 21

The EPA published its final rule, Management Standards for Hazardous Pharmaceuticals, earlier this year—giving healthcare facilities, including long-term care facilities, just a handful of months to comply with the rule, which goes into effect August 21, 2019.

        
 
 
 
        

Featured Product

Monthly In-Service: May issue of CNA Training Advisor

Understand how to bathe hesitant residents. Get the latest issue to receive a new lesson plan, including course materials, a 4-page in-service, and a quiz targeted to address the unique needs, interests, and concerns of CNAs.

        
 
 
 
        

Post-Acute

HHS, in partnership with industry, releases voluntary cybersecurity practices for the health industry

On Friday, December 28, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP): Managing Threats and Protecting Patients” publication. The four-volume publication aims to provide voluntary cybersecurity practices to healthcare organizations of all types and sizes, ranging from local clinics to large hospital systems.

        
 
 
 
        

Assisted and Senior Living

Senior living facilities provides Alexa to all residents

In an effort to empower residents, Eskaton Village Roseville in Sacramento, CA, has provided every resident with the Alexa Echo smartphone device.

        
 
 
 
        
        
 
 
 
        

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

"Live Soulfully" is the 2019 theme for National Skilled Nurse Care Week

National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW) is May 12-18, 2019, and its theme is “Live Soulfully” – in other words, taking the time to care for yourself and encouraging others to care for themselves and live their best lives.

        
 
 
 
        

Most Read Articles

 

Educate clinicians about M1820, an item affecting functional points under PDGM

Ask the expert: Medicare Part A coverage for a PEG tube

Revised guidelines for determining immediate jeopardy

Will we have to complete and EOT and an EOT-R?

        
 
 
 
 
 
        

Events Calendar

 

August 4-9, 2019 | Home Health Coding Summit

October 15-16, 2019 | Care Coordination Summit

November 11-13, 2019 | 22nd Annual Private Duty National Conference & Expo

November 18-19, 2019 | Post-Acute Care Forum