Time and time again, long-term care personnel put their heart into their daily routines only to be told or left feeling it’s not enough.
AAHSA charges ahead on healthcare reform efforts
By
Liza Berger
Jun 09, 2009
The healthcare reform train is beginning to gather speed, and the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging is enjoying the ride. Today, Sen. Ed Kennedy (D-MA) released the much talked-about...
Daschle withdrawal could hold up healthcare reform efforts
By
Liza Berger
Feb 03, 2009
A wrench was thrown into President Obama’s healthcare reform goals today after Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. It was presumably over...
The way to make a grand entrance in long-term care
By
James M. Berklan
May 17, 2024
It’s true that it’s more important how you finish a race than how you start it. But if the opening sprint of a new public player in the long-term care sector is any indication, it’s going to be a...
Florida’s ‘free kill law’ fails the optics test
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 11, 2023
A state tort reform effort that already stood to make nursing homes look pretty callous toward residents’ families got even uglier this week.
ZPICs: Dangerous and ready to take down providers
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 24, 2012
Healthcare reform: No matter how much you may loathe it, there’s no way around how certain ideas, like pay for performance, aren’t going away.
The pen pals nobody wants: These members of Congress miss the point, again
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 07, 2024
In a week in which Congress appears ready to get down to work on several bills meant to ease workforce issues for struggling nursing homes, some elected leaders would rather create more busy work for some...
Bombs away
By
Liza Berger
Feb 15, 2008
Nursing homes have experienced more than their share of government scrutiny the last few months. It’s almost like the industry has a sign on it that says, “Hey, examine us! Look at our defects!”...
Time for a cyber security update? You better believe it
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Mar 08, 2016
Advances in technology and providers who lag behind on updating their information technology systems have created a “perfect storm” of vulnerabilities in healthcare IT security, one expert...
Nursing homes pass test of Hurricane Gustav
By
Liza Berger
Sep 03, 2008
Nursing homes deserve a Category 5 round of applause. Three years after two major hurricanes walloped the Gulf Coast and exposed a disjointed evacuation system, nursing homes and government agencies proved...