Lady Healthcare and her child, the Affordable Care Act, were once the bon vivant of public discourse. But they are of little interest today, giving way to the economy, jobs, foreign policy, immigration...
State News: City plans to seek compensation for burned out former nursing home
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 04, 2019
ILLINOIS — After volunteers spent days during the summer decorating windows at a vacant nursing home, the building burned in a December fire.
Making open enrollment more open
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 22, 2019
When I graduated from college and began interviewing for my first “real” job 15 years ago, my father urged me to find out if health insurance would be among the benefits. I landed a position at a newspaper,...
Senators slam abuse in nursing homes; criticize CMS over reporting requirements
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 23, 2019
Abuse deficiencies cited in nursing homes more than doubled in four years, increasing from 430 in 2013 to 875 in 2017, a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday found
State News: Voters dismiss mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 05, 2018
MASSACHUSETTS — State voters in the mid-term elections overwhelmingly rejected a ballot question that would require nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals.
The complicated truth behind a nursing shortage
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 18, 2016
Conventional wisdom often leads us to incorrect conclusions, whether it’s in politics or healthcare. Nowhere is this more true than when we discuss our nursing shortage.
Embracing managed care
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 10, 2016
What was clear from the panel was managed care, skilled nursing and home health have to build partnerships.
Stop claiming ‘resident rights’ in discrimination cases
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 09, 2017
Administrators wiser than me have offered advice on what to do when there’s a racist resident.
‘Trauma-informed’ care needed for upcoming Phase 3 requirements
By
Elizabeth Newman
James M. Berklan
Oct 30, 2018
PHILADELPHIA—Better treatments for trauma-afflicted residents should reflect a deeper cultural shift, experts said Monday. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is pushing policies that are “culturally...
Wither the County Home?
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 02, 2013
With funding and philosophical challenges permeating their day-to-day operations, a
dwindling number of county-run nursing homes find themselves at a perilous crossroads