Covering the full spectrum of long-term care, Pratt's Long-Term Care: Managing Across the Continuum, Fifth Edition is an ideal introduction to management in this dynamic industry. Concise, yet complete, it begins with a look at recent changes in long-term care and health care reform, before examining the various long -term care providers and their interaction with competition, payment systems, quality, and ethical issues. It moves on to explore managing in the long-term care system looking at administration, leadership, culture change, technology and community relations, and concludes with a look at future trends and managing continuing change. The Fifth Edition is a comprehensive revision reflecting new Federal Requirements of Participation from CMS for skilled nursing facilities and changes the Medicare-fee-for-service payment system (PDPM). It also addresses the Affordable Care Act and its impact on long-term care, as well as the growth of technology in enhancing care, the latest on payment systems and changes to value-based purchasing, and the explosive growth of assisted living and related non-institutional care settings.
Key Features: - Updated to reflect changes in senior care environment, including: governmental payment system, regulatory actions, the impact of COVID-19 on care settings, quality improvement protocols, leadership competencies, and more. - Increased discussion on the growth of technology to enhance care settings, including electronic health records, active/passive behavior sensors, and medical technology advances, both pharmaceutical and medical treatments (surgeries). - Updated discussion of payment systems and increased incentives and penalties for value-based purchasing, including new risk-based payment schemes and how this is creating challenges for many providers across the county. - Significant updates to assisted living content, including the new role of ""assisted living managers"" and the larger role of government in regulating this care setting. - A more thorough focus on strategic planning and operationalizing theory throughout.
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About the Author :
Steven Chies, MHA, HSE, LNHA, FACHCA has been engaged and an advocate in the long-term care sector for four decades in both the for-profit and non-profit organizations.' Most recently, he is the Program Director for Long-term Care at St. Joseph’s College of Maine where he oversees the courses and teaches online in long-term care studies.''' He has taught at the University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Minnesota State University at Mankato.' Steve has served in a number of volunteer leadership positions in state and national associations, including as Chair of the National Association of Board of Examiners for Long-term Care Administrators.' He has been a Fellow at ACHCA for a number of years.
