In my previous entry I discussed breaking down communication into three phases. I wrote of the initial phase and the importance of communicating early and often. How establishing clear and open lines of dialogue were essential to establishing a good
Month: November 2012
Functional Maintenance Programs
Functional maintenance Programs (FMP’s) are clinical programs that can be designed to augment or maintain a residents functional status and wellbeing. It includes therapy services that seek to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong and enhance quality of life or
Prevent Readmissions by Managing Acute Changes
Facility procedures for ensuring recognition of acute changes in condition become the building block for managing those changes in condition and become the cornerstone for any program designed to prevent hospital readmissions within a skilled nursing facility. Communication of all
ARE WE OUT OF THE WOODS YET?
So, we are approaching December 1st. Do you see light at the end of the tunnel for the Manual Medical Review? Well, if you were in phase 1, you have been working diligently to obtain pre-approval of therapy visits for
Thank Goodness The Election Is Over!!
Regardless of whether one is happy or not about the outcome, I think we can all agree that we are all glad the election is over. Now perhaps we can focus attention on important issues facing long term care that
Communicate-Early and Often
How many times in your life, either private or professional, do you look back and wish you had communicated better or differently? I think we all can agree that many times this would be true. If it were not important