Let’s put a new spin on this tired ol’ nursing home staffing story
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2022
More money, more benefits, more flexibility. We need to know more of the nursing home staffing story.
No more mandate extensions. Let’s roll.
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2022
What is the end game in asking for another mandate extensions? Delay, deny and deflect methods won’t protect vulnerable populations, nor maintain workforce.
Send a strike team while the fire is hot? Maybe not
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 17, 2021
Over the last few months, one phrase seems to have fallen out of favor when it comes to the virus that causes COVID-19. When was the last time you heard someone refer to it as the “novel coronavirus”?...
Want to improve Medicare Advantage? Deliver some real advantages
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services put out a request for feedback on the Medicare Advantage program, which is rapidly becoming the nation’s preferred healthcare insurer provider...
In a buyer’s market, who will step into the void?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2022
Holding on right now is already possibly as hard as it’s ever been. Could a bad economy turn into a buyer’s market for business-minded investors?
Be careful who you’re calling a price gouger
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2022
Federal officials, including the commander in chief, are finally talking about price gouging!
Nursing home funding: Worth a closer look
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 19, 2022
The current nursing home funding system overlooks a simple fact: Living in a beautiful, updated home makes people feel better.
What exactly are we waiting to see? It’s time to act on mandates
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 14, 2021
As a coalition of long-term care medical and infectious disease experts Tuesday called on healthcare facilities to require COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment, I couldn’t help but think of...
Gripped by uncertainty, skilled nursing providers just keep breathing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2024
Uncertainty may very well be the defining outlook for skilled nursing providers in 2024. At the very least, it was the theme that dominated our annual survey attempting to capture your attitudes heading...
This year they’ll give you something to cry about
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2023
The holidays are here, and that means it’s time for the second-best advertising season of the year. Yes, I know it’s all consumerism designed to make me spend my hard-earned money, but I can’t help...