Editor’s Desk: The time is quite right to change survey frequency
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 18, 2019
If nothing else, we have to give Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service Administrator Seema Verma credit for building a plan and sticking to it. So far. But be careful what you ask for. Rumors have flown...
Editor’s Desk: Move over, SNFs — you are getting company
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 02, 2019
Welcome to the club.
You do it so well, now get recognition you deserve
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 17, 2019
We hear it all the time: When it comes to technology, healthcare is way behind compared to other industries.
Editor’s Desk: Pondering what PDPM should really stand for
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2019
If you’ve toiled around the skilled nursing field over the last year, you might have noticed there’s this PDPM thing that seems to be grabbing a lot of attention.
Editor’s Desk: Some PDPM winners are easier to see than others
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 07, 2019
For better or worse, the long-term care landscape is awash with PDPM experts and advisors. You can’t swing a therapy cat by the tail nowadays and not hit someone claiming divine knowledge.
Editor’s Desk: Top exec says it’s time to look into self-insurance
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 05, 2019
As the president and CEO of the nation’s largest association of nursing home operators, Mark Parkinson clearly has a lot on his mind these days.
National falls prevention day? That’s nonsense
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2018
If you’re fed up with the state of American politics — for whatever reason — you are far from alone. But all proper-thinking people can be proud of their elected Senators for at least one reason....
HCR ManorCare staffers are rarin’ for a rebound
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 05, 2018
A lot has been made about ProMedica’s acquisition of the once-proud nursing home giant HCR ManorCare. And rightfully so.
Managed care’s bully act is already wearing thin
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2018
A new study points out that decreasing lengths of stay (LOS), which are compelled largely by managed care and other group entities, are playing havoc with traditional long-term care operations.
From the top: Status quo won’t suffice anymore
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 09, 2018
When the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services addressed a gathering of nursing home owners and operators in early June in Washington, it might not have been the HHS Secretary they had...