New guidance affirms providers’ right to reject religious exemptions for COVID vaccinations due to...
By
Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Oct 27, 2021
Long-term care providers shouldn’t read too much into updated COVID-19 vaccination guidance on religious exemptions released this week by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to...
There is only one long-term care road
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 22, 2021
Study results released Thursday illustrate just how important “walking the walk” — and not just talking the talk — is in the workplace.
The moment of truth is here: Tech successes, CE to be shared
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 15, 2021
Providers looking to improve their game, and pick up winning strategies from peers, can do so during McKnight’s Tech Awards and Summit day on Wednesday. CE credit is available and all sessions are...
Providers’ best chances in federal budget talks lie with funding for infection prevention, staffing:...
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James M. Berklan
Oct 13, 2021
OXON HILL, MD — Long-term care interests are clearly down the priority line in federal budget negotiators, one of the industry’s top lobbyists noted Tuesday, but several key topics also have earned...
CMS ‘getting pretty close’ to releasing details of COVID-19 vaccination mandate
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James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2021
Long-term care providers and other healthcare employers remain in the dark as to what will be required with the federal government’s impending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees.
‘Trajectory seems good,’ nation’s top nursing home leader says about COVID recovery
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James M. Berklan
Oct 04, 2021
The leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association says he is encouraged about the potential for a census rebound in the nation’s facilities.
A rare feat: Two big wins in just 20 hours for SNFs
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2021
Nursing home operators must have been speeding to buy lottery tickets on Sept. 10. After two days of unexpectedly good news from the White House and regulators, who could have blamed anyone if they wanted ...
1 may be the loneliest, but it’s hardly the scariest number now for providers
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 24, 2021
There are lies, damn lies and statistics. That’s how Mark Twain is famously credited with characterizing research numbers.
Staff vax mandates gain acceptance, while census forecasts stump leaders: McKnight’s survey
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 10, 2021
The dramatic spread of the COVID-19 delta variant has helped splinter the opinions of long-term care administrative and nursing leaders about when census might return to pre-pandemic levels.
BREAKING: Feds expand COVID vaccine mandate to all healthcare workers
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James M. Berklan
Sep 09, 2021
Staff in all Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities will soon be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday afternoon.