Long-Term Care Special Reports

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Below you will find a listing of HCPro's latest special reports for the Long-Term Care professional. To purchase a special report, click on the title.

50 Fresh Ideas for the Activities Director
(Source Code SR902, $29)
Here's a handy tool that offers new ideas on activities that you can do with your residents. This 12-page report is full of new and innovative ways to get your staff and residents involved in fun projects that keep them enthused and interested.

A Crash Course on the MDS
(Source Code SR4603, $39)
This special report will provide a basic explanation of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, the reasons for completion of this form, and how to correctly assess and code the various sections. It is intended to be an introduction to the MDS, touching on how the assessment tool MDS affects the plan of care for the nursing home resident, Medicare reimbursement, and quality indicator survey process.

ADL Code Breaker
(Source Code SR3201, $25 25 copies)
The ADL Code Breaker is the perfect, convenient tool to put self-performance and support provided coding guidelines at your staff's fingertips. This handy, laminated card offers descriptions of each code and when they should be used. Now, it's easier than ever to make sure your facility receives all the reimbursement it deserves!

Cost-Saving Strategies for Long-Term Care Administrators
(Source Code SR2601, $25)
With many long-term care facilities filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection or having to close their doors, now is the time to start saving your facility money. With this Special Report, administrators will find plenty of helpful tips and hints from pros throughout the industry to save their facilities time and money.

Get Ready (Again) for HIPAA: Security Rule Takes Effect in April
(Source Code SR1105, $29)
Do you know the elements of the security rule? Do you know what to do to keep electronic health protected information from prying eyes? In this 12-page special report, we'll give you a bird's eye view of the rule and go over what billers would do to stay HIPAA-compliant.

HIPAA Daily Do's and Dont's
(Source Code SR2902, 5 for $10)
Need a handy and portable reminder of what to do and what not to do in order to comply with HIPAA? Order this laminated cheat sheet today. You'll get five copies of this 5" x 7" cheat sheet, a handy and indispensable resource to remind staff what they're allowed to do under HIPAA.

Improving Your Laundry and Food Service Departments
(Source Code SR3800, $25)
This special report offers you tips and ideas on how to improve the efficiency of your laundry and dining room areas. Recieve winning advice from the top experts in the field on smarter ways of working, improving operating performance, quality, employee effectiveness, resident satisfaction, and more.

Pain Points in Long-Term Care: Assessing, Coding and Treating Residents' Pain
(Source Code SR4002, $29)
With the public eye and the government's attention now increasingly focused on pain management, nursing homes may have some changes to make to ensure that they're handling residents' pain properly. Inside this special report you'll find an abundance of guidance to improve your pain management program—including how to educate staff on assessing and treating pain, how to use the JCAHO's pain management guidelines, different pain scales you can use to assess residents, how to manage pain in the cognitively impaired, and much more.

The 2004 Annotated Pressure Ulcer Guideline
(Source Code SR405, $29)
In this 12-page Special Report, our experts describe these changes and what they mean for long-term care facilities. It begins with a summary of the new guidelines from our experts and continues with excerpts from the guidelines with commentary by other healthcare experts.

The ABCs of ADL's
(Source Code SR701, $25)
Activities of daily living (ADLs) are crucial to both your residents' well-being and the financial health of your facility. This special report was written to help you make sense of the complex issues surrounding ADLs. You'll receive useful tips to make your job easier and improve the way your facility deals with ADLs.

The Guide to Salaries in Long-Term Care 2004-2005
(Source Code SR2804, $29)
Long-term care has had a rough couple of years since the advent of PPS and the downturn in the economy. But keeping track of your peers' salaries and pay raises can help you determine whether conditions are easing up or getting worse.

The MDS Coordinator's Lifeline: Tips for Lightening your Load and Brightening your Day
(Source Code SR305, $39)
The MDS coordinator is the backbone of the long-term care facility. Not only are they at the heart of the care plans, but they also control the brain of the reimbursement process. This 12-page Special Report is chock-full of advice, tips, tests, and resources to help make the MDS coordinator's job easier and more enjoyable.

Therapy Billing Cheat Sheet
(Source Code SR1502, 5 for $10)
In the billing world, it's hard enough to remember your next task, nevermind trying to remember confusing criteria for billing under Part A and Part B. That's why the Therapy Billing Cheat Sheet is a biller's dream. On this laminated 5" X 7" card, you'll find reminders on billing for Part A and Part B.

Twenty Four Secerets to Reducing Agitation in Alzheimer's Residents
(Source Code SR2901, $25)
What is the best medicine to reduce agitation in people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias? It's a big challenge, but you can get help with this informative special report.

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