Don’t like the new ratings system? Welcome to our world
By
John O'Connor
Jun 19, 2017
The content in the angry letter sounded all-too familiar. “Flawed methodology” and “substantive errors” in CMS’s “chosen methodology.” Another nursing home organization...
Three signs of the Apocalypse (for traditional senior living)
By
John O'Connor
Jun 23, 2014
It’s a rare day when we don’t get a new press release touting the latest property merger or acquisition. Virtually all of them tend to memorialize participants who are trying to move up or...
Medicaid as an attractive funding source?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 03, 2017
It wasn’t too long ago that thousands of nursing homes were fleeing the Medicaid program.
Knowing when your LTC organization needs to change
By
John O'Connor
Jan 10, 2016
An underlying resistance to change continues to persist in this field. How do you know when it’s time to fundamentally transform? Actually, there’s quite a bit of literature out there on the...
Wearing the bull’s eye not much fun
By
John O'Connor
Jun 25, 2012
If you are a skilled care operator, it might seem as if a big target has been placed squarely on your back.
Docs might get a raise, and long-term care might get a bill
By
John O'Connor
Feb 10, 2014
Major League teams don’t celebrate World Series victories midway through the season. But politicians do the equivalent all the time. Consider a revised Medicare payment plan that was joyously unveiled...
Why nursing homes won’t be catching many breaks this year
By
John O'Connor
Feb 03, 2014
When you talk to experts in this field about the year ahead, an unsettling pattern soon emerges. Almost everyone seems fairly confident that regulators will be taking a much closer look at operators.
CMS, it’s time to listen up
By
John O'Connor
Apr 11, 2016
The options for finding the most appropriate nursing home for a loved one are, shall we say, somewhat limited, especially when compared cars and other products. But there may be a solution to that.
It’s pretty clear what they’re really committed to
By
John O'Connor
Jul 17, 2015
It was quite a week for ironic juxtaposition in the nation’s capital.
Why long-term care operators are wary – and weary – of sequestration fiasco
By
John O'Connor
Feb 22, 2013
Well, here we go again. Less than three months after President Obama and Congress narrowly avoided walking off a fiscal cliff, we’re bracing for Round 2. Only this time, we’re all a bit worse...