There might be a misperception that the folks at AANAC are just a bunch of code-interpreting keypunchers tucked into tiny offices at nursing homes. The truth is that AANAC — the American Association...
The Russ era begins
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 09, 2013
Barring a shocker that would be akin to Uncle Sam suddenly handing out a double-digit market basket increase to Medicare reimbursement rates, Len Russ will become the next board chairman of the American...
LeadingAge conference brings new E2 Experience Expo Nov. 5-8
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 06, 2023
LeadingAge’s annual conference and expo lands in Chicago Nov. 5-8 and will feature a handful of new wrinkles.
The reaction to ACOs? Ouch!
By
James M. Berklan
May 16, 2011
I haven’t heard them pronounced this way yet, but long-term care providers might want to consider it when it comes to ACOs. Instead of spelling it out, as in A-C-O, say it phonetically, as in “Ache-O.”
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Mary Ousley
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 13, 2020
To paraphrase an old television commercial, when Mary Ousley talks, people listen.
BREAKING: CMS announces shift to broadly expand telehealth Medicare coverage to nursing home beneficiaries,...
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 17, 2020
The federal government is stripping away barriers to Medicare telehealth coverage as a frontline response to the coronavirus outbreak, which feeds on person-to-person contact and has proven deadliest for...
The reaction to ACOs? Please pass the aspirin
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2011
I haven’t heard them pronounced this way yet, but long-term care providers might want to consider it when it comes to ACOs. Instead of spelling it out, as in A-C-O, say it phonetically, as in “Ache-O.”
Women of Distinction Awards nominations now open
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 18, 2022
The 5th annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program kicked off this week with a limited window for nominating outstanding leaders in three experience categories.
States answering a second long-term care bell
By
James M. Berklan
May 05, 2023
For a variety of reasons, veterans homes just don’t typically seem to warm the hearts of those not directly involved. But not this week.
Kindred sells off RehabCare to Select Rehabilitation in blockbuster deal
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2020
Kindred Healthcare, which swiftly exited the skilled nursing care business a handful of years ago after becoming the second-largest for-profit nursing home chain in the U.S., announced today that it is...