BULLETIN: CMS ‘ratcheting up’ nursing home penalties in light of 26,000-resident, 450-worker...
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2020
Nearly 26,000 residents and 450 workers in U.S. nursing homes have died from COVID-19, federal authorities announced Monday afternoon.
BREAKING: CMS eases nursing home visitation rules
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 10, 2021
Vaccinations and a dramatic slowdown of COVID-19 infections and deaths led federal officials to significantly loosen guidelines regarding in-person nursing home visits Wednesday afternoon.
BREAKING: Nursing home commission makes 27 recommendations, calls for ‘greater leadership role’...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 16, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released recommendations from the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes on Wednesday and, as expected, they contain a laundry list of...
News Analysis: More needed on Medicare drug benefit
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 04, 2005
As time runs shorter, providers say the final CMS rule leaves a lot
to the imagination.
With all the day-to-day hassles of running a nursing home, most operators don’t have the opportunity to worry...
BREAKING: LeadingAge joins call for COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 26, 2021
LeadingAge joined a list of at least 56 other professional healthcare groups that came out Monday morning in favor of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers.
Wound Care Feature: Get it in writing
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2005
As treatment options and regulations have expanded, so has the documentation need for care teams trying to deliver wound care.
Nancy DeFranco can look back with a bit of a wry grin now, but there was nothing...
Information technology feature: Record pacing
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 30, 2005
Upcoming regulations will drive providers closer toward the establishment of the elusive electronic health record.
Parkinson: Nursing home census to exceed pre-pandemic levels as soon as 2024
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 19, 2022
Despite the “harsh reality” of slower-than-expected census recovery, the nation’s most influential nursing home leader said Thursday that occupancy could match pre-pandemic levels within a year and...
BREAKING: CDC lifts restrictions on dining, other activities for fully vaccinated nursing home residents
By
James M. Berklan
Danielle Brown
Apr 27, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday released new guidance that allows fully vaccinated nursing home residents to resume dining activities and in-room visits without masking or social...
Profile: Earning his chops — Larry Slatky, board chairman, ACHCA
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 11, 2007
There is no question Larry Slatky is a driven man. How else can one explain a lower-middle class kid from the Bronx becoming New York’s youngest licensed nursing home administrator in 1971, and then...