Blog categorized as Skilled Nursing

Practical pearls for Georgia SNF medical directors and practitioners on when to test and treat for UTI, why asymptomatic bacteriuria should be left alone, and how diagnostic stewardship protects residents, survey results, and Georgia Medicaid quality incentive payments.

What Georgia SNF and long-term care clinicians should watch as the 2027 General Assembly convenes Jan. 11, plus a year in review of the 2026 federal and state changes that reshaped the medical director's job.

CMS launched Risk-Based Surveys nationwide on September 8, and a public high-performer trophy went live on Care Compare October 8. Here is what it means for clinical leaders in Georgia nursing homes.

Georgia Medicaid 2025-2026 nursing facility rate updates and the SFY 2027 quality incentive measures every SNF medical director and practitioner should know.

Surveyors now expect documented proof that medical directors drive care policies, take part in QAA, oversee psychotropic use, and sign off on the facility assessment. Here is what F841 requires and how to get ready.