Many industry experts believe skilled nursing’s current marketshare challenges are temporary — that SNFs only have to hang on until demographic shifts kick in. But I worry about this strategy.
Making the case: It’s been a wild year
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 17, 2014
As the sands of the year race to their finish, there is one certainty about the long-term care news in 2014: It’s been wild and trying.
Operators need to start asking a fundamental question: How they gonna pay?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 02, 2015
Conventional wisdom tells us that many existing options will not cut it as more discriminating customers arrive in long-term care. But maybe it’s also time for operators to start giving more thought...
Is it the docs’ turn to get stoned?
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 25, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services brought out its equivalent of a brass band and confetti machine Tuesday to tout a new provider payment strategy. One could almost hear strains of “Happy...
Why nursing homes won’t be catching many breaks this year
By
John O'Connor
Feb 03, 2014
When you talk to experts in this field about the year ahead, an unsettling pattern soon emerges. Almost everyone seems fairly confident that regulators will be taking a much closer look at operators.
Froyo funding for long-term care
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 11, 2014
I have been blessed with an astute business mind, and am always on the lookout for new pricing models for long-term care. I know we’re in this profession for love, not money. But no margin, no mission,...
Skilled care operators might want to curb their PDPM enthusiasm
By
John O'Connor
May 07, 2018
If some operators are getting the PDPM tingly-dinglys, I’m experiencing something else: a sense of déjà vu.
Now that was one tough week
By
John O'Connor
Jun 20, 2016
Most long-term care facilities would probably like to forget about last week. That’s because two figurative bombshells exploded.
Your money’s no good here
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2017
I’d say the thing we write about most often in this line of work is payment issues. As a long-term care provider, you are eternally under pressure with whether there will be enough to pay for everything.
The Hiker’s Guide to the Long-term Care Galaxy
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 27, 2017
Much of what I know about success (or failure) in life, love and long-term care has been reinforced by lessons learned over years of hiking. As a result, I now take it as a point of professional pride...