Every step you take: A personal PDPM family perspective
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 13, 2020
This week has been eye-opening. I shifted from policy enthusiast to affected family member.
HCR ManorCare in ‘active negotiations’ with several health systems
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 13, 2020
HCR ManorCare could be extending its reach to new health systems, Welltower executives revealed Thursday during a fourth-quarter earnings call.
Do you have a silo mentality in your residential facility?
By
Herb Hildebrandt, Ph.D, Hl.D.
Feb 07, 2020
A generalization: Most groups, such as seniors living in retirement communities, have within them social, professional territories. That is, there is an assumption that groups, clusters, committees, political...
Ensign touts ‘record’ fourth quarter under PDPM
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 06, 2020
Executives for the Ensign Group touted a “record” fourth quarter — its first under the recently implemented Patient Driven Payment Model — during an earnings call Thursday afternoon.
Joe Franco Jr.: Being part of the solution
By
Liza Berger
Feb 02, 2020
Joe M. Franco Jr., LeadingAge, Vice President, Grassroots
Analysis: Providers adjust to the new world of PDPM
By
Liza Berger
Feb 02, 2020
As landmark program begins, stakeholders now ask the question: What will the data show?
February IT Update
Feb 02, 2020
The LeadingAge Center for Workforce Solutions has released an Excel-based turnover cost calculator tool to help providers estimate how much staff turnover is costing their community.
SNFs, medical center improve readmission rates by 40% through improved communication
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 30, 2020
An urban medical center and skilled nursing facility focused on improving the communication between the entities and ended up reducing readmissions by 40%, a new study found.
Pushing a wheelchair not ‘medical service’ under arbitration agreement, so wrongful death suit against...
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 30, 2020
An Arizona skilled nursing facility won’t be allowed to use arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit that stemmed from a wheelchair accident involving a resident, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
ResponderHub provides crisis communication tools
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 21, 2020
A team of certified crisis communications specialists has developed the first solution crisis communications solution for senior housing and services. “A perfect storm is brewing in the senior housing...