This freeze plainly brings you a chilling proposition
By
James M. Berklan
May 02, 2011
News that nursing home ratings would be frozen on the federal website for consumer research for six months drew a lot of interest from providers when regulators’ plans were announced this spring....
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News earns Gold again, plus 6 other ASBPE awards
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 16, 2021
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News has been honored with seven top regional awards in the 2021 American Society of Business Publication Editors’ Azbee Awards.
Editor’s Desk | The staffing solution? Listen, learn, change
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2022
With more than 40 years in healthcare as a provider, and more significantly as a strategic market analyst, consultant Irving Stackpole knows a thing or 300 about your business and the struggles you face.
Secrets to motivating staff as easy as 1-2-3
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 04, 2015
Best-selling author Daniel Pink laid it on the line at the recent LeadingAge annual meeting to vividly illustrate why simple “if-then” reward scenarios — which are suitable for basic tasks...
Editor’s desk — Long-term care leaders don’t happen by accident
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2007
As a famous songwriter once scrawled, everybody just wants to be understood. It’s a primal need, and an especially strong one if you’re working in long-term care.
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...
Opinion — Editor’s desk: Time for you to put these yo-yos on a shorter string
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2007
Leave it to the General Accountability Office to get politicians, regulators and lobbyists pointing fingers at each other again about nursing homes.
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.
In first nursing home visit, CMS admin gets straight talk on agencies, pay and performance
By
James M. Berklan
May 12, 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure has visited nursing homes numerous times, but on Wednesday she did so for the first time in her current capacity as their top...
Many nursing home staff fearful of retaliation by superiors: study
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 20, 2023
Direct care workers in nursing homes feared retaliation from managers in a significant portion of cases recently investigated, according to a new study.