Industry leaders were pleasantly surprised to learn that nursing home operators had exceeded goals for lowering unnecessary antipsychotics use. The level dropped by nearly 20% over a three-year span.
House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 22, 2022
Congressional investigators pinned for-profit skilled nursing operators into a corner Wednesday, releasing a scathing report describing “dire” conditions caused by alleged lack of preparation and mismanagement...
CMS employee vaccination mandate could be unveiled today
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2021
Long-term care operators may learn details of a new federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers as early as today.
CMS ‘interested’ in patient satisfaction scores for nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 22, 2020
Federal regulators say that nursing homes could eventually come to see patient satisfaction scores included in Five Star Quality Ratings and on the Nursing Home Compare website.
MDS proposal cuts Section G
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 05, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services surprised providers at the end of 2019 when they presented a first draft of the 2020 MDS item sets.
Vision Centre accelerates LTC leadership, begins promoting resources
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 07, 2022
The group that has charged itself with creating a more complete vision for long-term care leadership development is enacting a more complete vision for itself this month and next.
Feds praise quality initiative results
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 10, 2005
The federal government’s Nursing Home Quality Initiative has been a success in several areas, although clear or positive results are not apparent for many criteria, health officials declared at a...
Managed care’s bully act is already wearing thin
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2018
A new study points out that decreasing lengths of stay (LOS), which are compelled largely by managed care and other group entities, are playing havoc with traditional long-term care operations.
Holiday strains take on a new meaning
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 20, 2020
Long-term care operators will be monitoring residents’ comings and goings around year-end holidays to an unprecedented degree this year. The week ahead, with Thanksgiving observances, will be the first...
ACOs overreach authority?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 05, 2019
Providers have professed gratitude for recent federal proposals to improve accountable care organizations’ design and operation. But efforts to limit healthcare utilization should be scrapped, said the...