500 ‘worst’ nursing homes would get more scrutiny, resources under reintroduced Senate bill
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 18, 2021
A pair of senators who commissioned a damning report on the worst performing U.S. nursing homes in 2019 reintroduced follow-up legislation Monday that would bring more scrutiny — and assistance — to...
‘Trauma-informed’ care needed for upcoming Phase 3 requirements
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Elizabeth Newman
James M. Berklan
Oct 30, 2018
PHILADELPHIA—Better treatments for trauma-afflicted residents should reflect a deeper cultural shift, experts said Monday. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is pushing policies that are “culturally...
Winter storm leads us to warm stories, and a plan
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James M. Berklan
Mar 04, 2016
It would be reasonable to think that a storm that caused dozens of deaths and the shutdown of federal government offices is a terrible event. But you would be only half right: A late-January blizzard in...
Feds turn attention back to facility staffing levels
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2020
In a recent Office of Inspector General report, we learned that federal overseers are not happy about nursing home staffing levels.
BREAKING: HHS reveals provider incentive plan for remaining $2 billion in relief funding
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 03, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services announced it will use infection and mortality rates to determine nursing home incentive pay when distributing a previously announced $2 billion Provider Relief...
OSHA seeks violence input
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 06, 2017
Federal regulators are asking providers for thoughts on how to curb violence in healthcare workplaces.
Lawmakers: Phase 2 can wait
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2017
Two dozen senators made what amounted to a last-ditch effort to get implementation of Phase 2 of the Requirements of Participation delayed in late November.
Editor’s Desk: Competing interests may foil plans for true reform
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2009
I thought of the parable of the rabbit and the snake when contemplating the flurry of healthcare reform banter taking place before U.S. lawmakers’ August recess.
Blame some of the latest nursing home hoopla on Abraham Lincoln
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 08, 2022
A hefty product from an all-star team of researchers is at once the biggest headache or, as we shall see, the best gift a nursing home stakeholder could ask for. All thanks to … Abraham Lincoln?
CMS offering full list of troubled facilities
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James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2008
All nursing homes on a federal watch list for poor performing facilities now will be publicized on a government Web site, Bush administration officials have decided.