LeadingAge gears up for annual conference Oct. 16-19
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 16, 2022
LeadingAge will hold its annual meeting and exhibition Oct. 16-19 at the Denver Convention Center. Registration for this largest of all long-term care provider conferences is ongoing.
It’s time for long-term care to do more with more
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 15, 2022
Like a schoolyard bully who’s yet to meet his comeuppance, COVID-19 has forced us to put our dukes up and figure out better ways to survive.
Providers gain needed allies against automatic nurse-aide training lockouts
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 15, 2022
Wednesday was a good day for nursing home operators and others opposed to nurse-aide training lockouts triggered automatically by high federal fines.
CMS studying staff in SNFs
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 11, 2022
Federal contractors are heading into 75 nursing homes this fall to gather data needed to establish a first-ever federal minimum staffing mandate.
Registration continues for McKnight’s Sept. 22 Fall Online Expo
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 09, 2022
Attendee sign-ups continue for long-term care’s longest running Online Expo. McKnight’s free Fall Online Expo kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 22.
Legacy Healthcare, Citadel Healthcare named ‘Best’ skilled care places to work
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 07, 2022
Legacy Healthcare was rated No. 1 Wednesday, when Fortune announced its Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists.
Vision Centre accelerates LTC leadership, begins promoting resources
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 07, 2022
The group that has charged itself with creating a more complete vision for long-term care leadership development is enacting a more complete vision for itself this month and next.
CMS drops ‘enormous’ MDS changes in surprise move
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 06, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services surprised nursing home operators Friday by quietly posting a draft of updated Minimum Data Set specifications.
National Workforce Development Month underway
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 02, 2022
A month-long special campaign to bolster the long-term care workforce began Thursday and will extend through the rest of September.
Parkinson: ‘2023 is going to be a tough year’
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 31, 2022
Long-term care leaders are eyeing the next 18 months warily, despite recent victories in the form of better-than-expected Medicare reimbursements for fiscal 2023 and Monday’s partial reprieve on emergency...