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Do you know what F-Tag changes are coming your way?
July 24, 2009 9:13 AM by Brian Garavaglia
This article addresses some changes in certain F-Tags by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. These are important changes that should be noted for those in nursing home care. Some of these changes have taken what was implicitly known and now made in Read More...
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Blood Sugar Levels May Be Critical to Preventing Memory Loss
May 12, 2009 3:14 PM by Brian Garavaglia
Click here to read Brian's column " Gerotalk " on the ADVANCE for Long-Term Care Management Web site. In the May 2009 edition of Scientific American Mind , a short article is provided on the research conducted by Scott Small at Columbia University. The Read More...
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What Can Long-Term Care Learn From Enron?
March 30, 2009 1:01 PM by Brian Garavaglia
Today, most people are familiar with the story of Enron. A company that was once looked at as one of the exemplary companies in the United States became a buzzword for corruption and mismanagement. Although the problems that came to eventually destroy Read More...
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The Future of Long-Term Care
March 11, 2009 3:45 PM by Brian Garavaglia
In today's challenging economic times, what does the future hold for the LTC industry? Read my latest column on ADVANCE for Long-Term Care Management's web site. Read More...
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The Nursing Home Rating System Revisited
January 19, 2009 10:55 AM by Brian Garavaglia
In my June 30, 2008 blog post " Can Apples and Oranges be Compared ?" I wrote about the anticipated implementation of the nursing home rating system that the federal government was going to introduce. Since that time the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Read More...
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Can Apples & Oranges Be Compared?
June 30, 2008 10:20 AM by Brian Garavaglia
The Bush administration advocated the need to rate nursing homes on a similar ranking system to that found in the hotel and restaurant industry. At first blush this seems an intuitively simple and consumer friendly system. Why not have consumers that Read More...
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Do Politicians Understand That Long-Term Care is Part of the Health Care System?
March 13, 2008 3:17 PM by Brian Garavaglia
During this year, a year in which our country will elect a new President, health care has become an important part of the agenda. Liz Rosto in her post entitled Decision 08 , writes about the issue of heath care and the apparent lack of emphasis given Read More...
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