The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act is transforming healthcare delivery from a fee-for-service to a reward-for-quality model. Working together, healthcare providers now need to follow patients...
Senators start paying long-term care notice
By
Liza Berger
Sep 25, 2009
A year ago, if you can remember, the long-term care community was concerned about being part of any meaningful healthcare reform. It now seems that it is receiving some of the attention it has been craving.
What the debate’s entitlement discussion means for LTC
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 21, 2016
While I never expected long-term care to be a serious part of discussion within the three presidential debates, the wonky part of my heart still jumped for joy when moderator Chris Wallace asked about...
Be proactive with new CMS regulations
Sep 04, 2015
If you wait to only react to the process, you will have to bite off more than you can chew when the deadlines come.
When an open-door policy goes awry
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 12, 2017
As an administrator or manager, do you have an open-door policy? Or an open office floor plan? It’s often recommended, but in many cases, it can go awry.
Recipes with something missing
By
John O'Connor
Jan 27, 2012
President Obama delivered his third State of the Union address Tuesday night. I’ll let the professional scorekeepers decide whether his hour-long presentation was up to code. My take is that the...
Republicans in the House
By
Liza Berger
Jan 06, 2011
A new party has taken control of the House of Representatives. What does that mean for healthcare and specifically long-term care? We soon shall see.
How will PBJ impact Five-Star staffing? Would you like one lump or two?
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 30, 2018
We don’t know when, and we don’t know how, but when Payroll-Based Journal staffing data replaces the data currently being captured from CMS Form 671 for calculating Five-Star staffing, we are...
Tomorrow’s nursing homes must integrate palliative care
Jan 09, 2015
Palliative care, a form of patient-centered care focused on quality of life for the seriously ill, should be the standard of practice for all elderly patients with complex illness in nursing homes.
Harnessing the power of millennials to further long-term care
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
The impending wave of aging individuals, requiring all kinds of care and support, is unlike anything we’ve seen before. So, maybe long-term care’s counterpunch should come from an unorthodox...