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PointRight Executives Appointed to AHCA 2012 Governance Committees

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:43:48 +0000

Two members of the PointRight management team will serve on 2012 governance committees for the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living.

Littlehale’s ‘Analytically Speaking’ McKnight’s Column Debuts in Print and Online

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:40:51 +0000

Steven Littlehale, Chief Clinical Officer and Executive Vice President of PointRight, is a regular columnist for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News!

PointRight Receives LTC LINK Elite Supplier Award

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:32:45 +0000

PointRight is proud to announce that it has again earned an 'Elite Supplier' distinction for the 8th Annual LTC LINK Meetings.

New CMS quality measures will not calculate 5 Star Ratings until late 2012

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:05 +0000

In early 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin to display new quality measures based on MDS 3.0 nursing home resident assessments. These new quality measures will replace the quality measures that currently appear on Nursing Home Compare.

The 2012 CMS Quality Measures: Changes and Challenges Webinar in February

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:53:23 +0000

The long awaited Quality Measures are here and they are not a simple rework of the measures we've had in the past. Significant changes to the resident sample selection and record selection process may cause some "sticker shock" when providers try to compare the new measure rates with those of the old Quality Measures.

Inform residents of their health progression with predictive analytics

Brafton — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:17:54 +0000

Residents in skilled nursing facilities can often feel dejected or depressed when their health levels are showing signs of heavy decline.

The common causes for re-hospitalizations are made preventable with predictive analytics

Brafton — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:11:02 +0000

Studies have shown that about one in five Medicare patients is re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge.

Certain states aim to achieve 100 percent accuracy in knowledgeable healthcare data

Brafton — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:02:40 +0000

A new form to strengthen the continuum of care for transfers from hospitals to long-term care facilities (and vice-versa) was recently implemented in New Jersey and several other states.

Be prepared for a survey at any time of the year with predictive analytics

Brafton — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:26:30 +0000

Inspectors of skilled nursing facilities can arrive any day of the year to make sure that the institution is running in compliance with CMS standards.

CMS expects more advanced electronics to be implemented by skilled nursing facilities

Brafton — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:27:11 +0000

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are constantly changing the rules and guidelines that skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) must follow.