Digital practice in LTC: Impact of AI, AR and digital technologies
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 15, 2018
Many of us working on reform since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid in the turbulent 1960s witnessed reform in the guise of reworking, re-engineering, redevising, recreating, redesigning and refashioning.
Outcome assessment and the Affordable Care Act
By
James Lomastro
Jun 26, 2013
Outcome assessment should be seen as a tool for change management and will likely become the new standard for assessing resident care under the Affordable Care Act.
Looking at Massachusetts in LTSS reform
By
James Lomastro
Oct 20, 2017
We can learn a lot by examining Massachusetts, a state that has embraced healthcare reform and currently working to transform its Medicaid program.
Little Sisters are behind the curve in a changing church
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 14, 2014
Challenging the Affordable Care Act’s “contraception mandate” in court is a matter of conscience, according to The Little Sisters of the Poor. It’s hard to fault people for following...
Long-term care reform may have to wait
By
Liza Berger
Jun 04, 2009
There was no battle cry. No calls to storm the halls of Congress. Instead the message at the American Health Care Association’s two-day Congressional Briefing was subtle: You can ask lawmakers...
The odds of healthcare reform surviving are …
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 20, 2012
I wonder what the bookies in London are thinking about the odds of the U.S. healthcare reform law surviving. Surely they have taken bets on its possible demise, just as they do seemingly everything else...
Healthcare reform is still alive
By
Liza Berger
Feb 22, 2010
The release of President Obama’s healthcare reform proposal couldn’t have come at a better time. The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging is holding its advocacy conference...
Are we entering skilled care’s Golden Age? The answer might surprise you.
By
John O'Connor
Mar 05, 2018
It’s very possible historians may look back at 2018 as a kind of Golden Age for skilled care. No, I have not been drinking.
Long-term care financing reform – progress is possible
By
Brian D. Ellsworth and Arthur Y. Webb
Nov 13, 2013
When the federal Commission on Long-term Care issued its report last month, there was a sense of déjà vu all over again. Sixteen years ago, in New York State, we were staff person and task force member,...
How PAC facilities can maximize advanced BPCI participation
Sep 29, 2017
Bundled payments represent one of the biggest opportunities to reform the healthcare system.