What do post-acute care centers look like in a post-pandemic world? I have been in post-acute healthcare since 1995, when I first operated a traditional “nursing home.” Back then, they were typically...
Facing senior care’s ‘new normal’ head-on
By
Fred Bonaccorso
Jun 08, 2021
According to a recent analysis of Medicare fee-for-service claims incurred through May 2020, there has been a distinct decline in the number of routine hospitalizations among beneficiaries — but a steep...
Spring cleaning 2021: Will your rehab team pass the white-glove review?
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 22, 2021
Spring is in the air. Time to open the doors, let some fresh air in, and clean above, under and between every surface in our homes. Spring is a season that allows my obsessive cleaning habits to become...
The coming crackdown: COVID-19 and beyond
By
Karen Christian
Matthew Hittle
Apr 21, 2021
For more than a year, America’s nursing homes have been besieged by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has tragically claimed the lives of more than 130,000 residents and 1,600 staff. While America’s nursing...
No more stinking thinking
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 12, 2021
So, I have been thinking. How do we tee up 2021 with a positive approach, when it hasn’t exactly started off with a bang? Well, maybe it started off with a bang but not a good one. To be honest, here...
Managing a bah humbug holiday season
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 15, 2020
By now many of us have viewed the viral video of residents gleefully shooting soft foam balls at laughing staff members dressed as reindeer dodging through a pine-tree “forest.” It’s the kind...
And now, how about some good news for a change?
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Nov 23, 2020
Finally, some good news about nursing homes and COVID-19! That was my first thought when I read that nursing homes were to be receiving $333 million for improved outcomes due to successful COVID-19 practices...
Do you speak 2020?
By
Julie Thorson
Oct 14, 2020
In the course of just seven months, words and phrases have taken on a life of their own. They aren’t just words: They are topics for debate, fuel for bitter arguments, tools for discussion and will evoke...
What COVID-19 has taught us
By
Kelsey Pangborn
Jun 28, 2020
When things are tough, we rise up. When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When a pandemic sweeps the world … what can you do but make the most of it? We don’t know about you, but we at Three Pillars...
Value-based reimbursement: Implications for LTPAC facilities and the ‘make, buy or sell’...
By
Scott Waxler
Feb 06, 2020
The following is the first of three articles in a series: Nearly all the healthcare leaders we speak with — whether from skilled nursing, long-term post-acute care, med-device, healthcare IT, hospital...