Each year, roughly $50 billion is spent on medical costs related to

nonfatal fall injuries, and $754 million is spent related to fatal falls.1

These numbers are staggering and do not account for the litigation

cost required to defend facilities when negative outcomes occur.

Every senior living facility should have a strong and detailed Falls

Management Program. The effectiveness of a Falls Management

Program can directly impact a facility’s five star rating/quality

measures and the rising cost associated with medical care. A Falls

Management Program is the first line of defense in mitigating falls

of seniors in long-term care.

Germ free is the way to be - save on COVID related costs!

Providers are taking a closer look at CASPER and Five-Star reports, and the results from a post-COVID world are devastating. The industry continues to be in a staffing crunch, and often the Nursing Assessment Coordinator (NAC) is pulled

from completing MDS’s to provide other responsibilities. Documentation has become a source of further stress for staff and is often not provided in its intended framework with an eye for detail. We are witnessing inexperienced staff that may have minimal training, providing care or understanding the depth of accuracy with timely documentation, which impacts Quality Measures. Almost three years have passed since the onset of COVID, and it has certainly left a permanent imprint on the healthcare industry.

It seems like every Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) reacted differently to The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (“CMS”) joint “Notification Letter”. Some SNFs simply shrugged it off, thinking that it was pure puffery on the Feds part while others, and I believe rightfully so, read the “Notification Letter” not once but twice (or even thrice) and walked away with the conclusion that the Federal government is seeking to change the Federal and State Courts’ interpretation of the Nursing Home Reform Act (“NHRA”).