CMS heading into facilities to help determine federal staffing mandate
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 12, 2022
Contractors will be making 65 nursing home visits over the next three months in a bid to help establish first-ever federal minimum staffing levels.
As growth in VA skilled nursing continues, GAO presses for better oversight
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 04, 2019
There will be a growing number of Veterans Administration nursing home residents, and they could receive care under stricter oversight, if recommendations from the Government Accountability Office come...
Members of Congress ratchet up pressure on nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 03, 2018
Four influential Republican Congressmen sent a letter to federal regulators Tuesday, requesting sweeping answers about the agency’s oversight of nursing homes.
Salaries increase for DONs, administrators
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2007
Good nursing leaders are a hot commodity – at least if the most recently compiled salary findings are to be believed.
2 Gold Awards for McKnight’s Long-Term Care News in ASBPE program
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 17, 2023
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News editors earned two regional Gold Awards, one Silver and a pair of Bronzes in the 2023 Azbee Awards of Excellence program.
Fortune magazine to publish ‘Best Workplaces in Aging Services’ list
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 07, 2017
Top long-term care providers and other aging services entities will rise to new national prominence next September. That’s when Fortune magazine will publish its first “Best Workplaces in Aging...
‘Confounded’ providers urge mandated COVID-19 testing for hospital workers, surveyors
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
Healthcare stakeholders who regularly come into contact with skilled nursing residents should be subject to COVID-19 testing mandates similar to those for nursing home employees, a prominent long-term...
McKnight’s Marselas wins national ASBPE Gold Award
By
James M. Berklan
May 15, 2023
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kim Marselas was named the nation’s best in the Original Research reporting category in the 2023 American Society of Business Publications Editors awards.
The message is perfectly clear: Too often we aren’t
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2007
The telephone call came from the doctor’s office. I wasn’t put off too much that an office worker was on the line instead of the doctor or nurse. I was anxious to get the test results.
Officials: More additions and rebasings of nursing home ratings to come
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 23, 2015
Nearly one-third of the nation’s skilled nursing facilities lost a rating star due purely to administrative changes Friday, when regulators also emphasized that more quality measures will be added...