Why does Congress keep short-changing LTC? Here’s the inside skinny
By
John O'Connor
Aug 24, 2020
You’d think that after all these years, nursing homes would not still be on what amount to a fiscal starvation diet. Yet here we are.
Just where does the buck stop with nursing homes and COVID-19?
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 21, 2020
Should the federal government “own” the coronavirus pandemic national response?
Shame on the Sun Belt
By
Liza Berger
Aug 19, 2020
Apparently, much of the country would prefer to pretend COVID-19 doesn’t exist.
Game changer for long-term care? More like a game ender
By
John O'Connor
Aug 17, 2020
New survey numbers from the American Health Care Association paint an industry portrait that is anything but flattering. Shocking might be more like it.
The solution to nursing homes’ COVID-19 testing shortages
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 14, 2020
Fret no more. I’ve figured out how to get plenty of COVID-19 testing to take place at nursing homes. The federal government may have wished for more testing of residents and workers, but my plan has...
Private equity’s reckoning
By
Liza Berger
Aug 12, 2020
In my second installment of “Things we can learn from the pandemic,” COVID-19 may force private equity to take a good, hard look at what it is doing in the skilled nursing space.
Is long-term care a good business to be in?
By
John O'Connor
Aug 10, 2020
Should we all agree long-term care is not a good field to be in? Well, not so fast. Let’s first examine two relevant realities.
Nursing home staffing headed for more scrutiny
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 07, 2020
When a government watchdog decides it wants to investigate you, it’s usually not going to be content with a “No fire here, folks!” conclusion. Nobody knows that better than nursing home operators....
A push in the right direction for long-term care
By
Liza Berger
Aug 05, 2020
Crises have tendencies to expose fault lines. This pandemic has been no different. Take long-term services and supports. The cracks were there, but it took a massive emergency, i.e., COVID-19, to lay them...
Providers, are you ready for the fight of your life?
By
John O'Connor
Aug 03, 2020
As lawmakers consider the next COVID-19 relief package, a critical hurdle stands in the way: liability protection. At issue is how and whether providers (as well as other businesses, schools and nonprofits)...