“Nursing home signs ‘groundbreaking contract,’ doles out bonuses to staffers for cutting back bed sores,” by Marty Stempniak, McKnight’s LTC News
“One New York nursing home is trying an outside-the-box approach to keeping residents safe. Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, in Syracuse, NY, just inked a new contract with United Healthcare Workers East, which represents employees at the skilled nursing facility. Union employees are now eligible to receive lump sum bonuses for hitting quality benchmarks such as reducing pressure ulcers, falls with injury and rehospitalizations, according to an announcement made Wednesday.”
LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):
Step 1: rely on Medicaid to cover most residents. Step 2: get less than the cost of care for two-thirds of residents. Step 3: pay caregivers whatever that payment source allows. Step 4: give bonuses when the care is not as bad as it would predictably be.
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