LTC Consulting: Nursing Home Billing Experts

11/11/2021

LTC will be exhibiting at CAHF's Annual Convention & Expo, Nov. 14-17. Drop by and see us in Booth #325 for a chance to win our raffle, or look for us around the conference. It has been a while since we've all been together and we can't wait to connect again face to face.

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11/04/2021

https://www.ltcconsulting.com/articles/value-in-medicare-advantage

Medicare Advantage delivers $32.5 billion, or $123.36 per member per month, in additional value to beneficiaries, according to a report released Thursday by the Better Medicare Alliance (BMA).Hospital and physician services are 24% less expensive per month: $709.66 for MA plans per month and $935.67...

10/21/2021

https://www.ltcconsulting.com/articles/covid-and-staffing-shortages-for-nursing-homes

Some skilled nursing operators and industry advocates expected occupancy recovery from COVID-19 to occur by the end of 2021, but with the onset of the delta variant and staffing shortages worsening, the newest data shows that occupancy recovery won’t occur until early 2022 at the earliest.For Milw...

10/13/2021

https://www.ltcconsulting.com/articles/nursing-home-administrator-losses

Focused Post Acute Care Partners CEO Mark McKenzie is starting to see burnout among his senior leaders take its toll on overall operations, with at least three of the operator’s administrators recently leaving the profession for other industries.McKenzie said administrator and director of nursing ...

10/06/2021

https://www.ltcconsulting.com/articles/nursing-home-staffing-shortages

Of 1,183 nursing home and assisted living providers surveyed by the American Health Care Association and National Center of Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), nearly every nursing home is currently asking staff to work overtime or extra shifts and more than half are limiting new admissions due to staffing...

09/28/2021

https://www.ltcconsulting.com/articles/skilled-nursing-home-managed-medicaid

You remember the old days, when we had a little "HMO" billing? Now Managed Care is everywhere. Remember "Fee For Service Medicaid"? Well now so much of it is Managed Medicaid. Yes, the old days were simpler, but there's no point in nostalgia, we have claims that need to be paid in full.They key to s...

09/22/2021

https://www.ltcconsulting.com/articles/better-pay-for-nursing-homes

As the Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act makes its way through Congress, two leaders in the long-term care industry this week said enhanced funding to support staffing in nursing homes is sorely needed coming out of the pandemic and that more transparency for where that funding goes wo...

09/15/2021

https://www.ltcconsulting.com/articles/older-adults-with-dementia-half-as-likely-to-move-to-a-nursing-home-if-they-live-with-adult-children

Researchers at the University of Michigan have found major differences in potential family caregiver availability — and likelihood of moving to a nursing home — based on the gender, race, ethnicity, education level and family structure of older adults with dementia. The study draws from comprehe...