‘Needs Rounds’ improve palliative care, reduce hospitalizations in nursing homes: research
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 12, 2024
Regular, focused meetings to discuss the specific needs of nursing home residents requiring palliative care can reduce repeated hospitalizations and improve the quality of a person’s final days, according...
NADONA finds new top exec from within after unexpected death of long-time leader
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James M. Berklan
Aug 11, 2024
Cindy Fronning, the group’s director of education, has assumed the top spot at the National Association of Directors of Nursing in Long Term Care.
Meet Shellie Rachal, 2024 Veteran VIP honoree
By
Adam Healy
Jul 22, 2024
Shellie Rachal, regional vice president of operations for the southern region at Elara Caring in Dallas, is a Veteran VIP honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Nursing homes’ high rate of Immediate Jeopardy tags warrants ‘all-hands-on-deck’ response
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 03, 2024
A return to more “normal” nursing home operations in the post-pandemic world has also often meant a return to certain more serious citations, one industry expert pointed out last week.
Meet Shelly Koch, 2024 Rising Star honoree
By
Foster Stubbs
Jul 10, 2024
Shelly Koch, executive director, operations-home-based services at Evangelical Lutheran good Samaritan Society in Sioux Falls, SD, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction...
Game planning emerges for new SNF PPS pay rule
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Jessica R. Towhey
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2024
As disapproval about the 2025 skilled nursing Medicare pay rate increase continued to rise Thursday, long-term care providers and their advisors began devising coping strategies for some of the less flashy...
Good Samaritan’s pending deal for second portfolio helps it close on midway point of massive reorganization
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 28, 2024
Leaders of the Good Samaritan Society will be on the ground in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to continue scaling back its national footprint.
Speed, agility, ‘regulatory rationality’: Incoming AHCA CEO Clif Porter reveals his goals for the...
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 25, 2024
Clif Porter might not officially become president and CEO of the largest US nursing home association until later this year, but the new hire already has a pretty good idea of how he wants to guide the...
No wonder he left Congress
By
John O'Connor
Dec 05, 2023
If it seems like it’s silly season again in Washington, maybe that’s because it is. Congress can take a bow.
Providers, I-SNPs primed and ‘pleading’ for greater role in value-based care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2024
The unrelenting push toward value-based care should compel skilled nursing providers to grab the reins, even after years of regulators failing to invite them more fully into the process.
