The Big Picture: Ghosts in the skilled nursing machine
By
John O'Connor
Mar 07, 2019
How tough is the labor market? It’s come to this: More and more employees are simply vanishing.
The Big Picture: Better ways to save?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2019
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about bundled payments. This new approach will usher in a new era of better healthcare at lower costs, its many advocates insist.
Is Senior Care Centers a proverbial canary in the coal mine?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2019
When Senior Care Centers announced it would seek creditor protection, shockwaves quickly shot through the field.
The right prescription?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 02, 2018
If you want to know what skilled care will look like in five years, consider what hospitals look like today. The first time I heard that adage was in 1990. These days, it rings truer than ever. To be sure,...
A Trump success story
By
John O'Connor
Sep 06, 2017
President Trump may have struggled mightily to kill Obamacare. But he is clearly enjoying early success in at least one area: labor policy.
A farewell to Medicaid?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 05, 2017
If there is one sector that proves the adage about incentives driving behavior, it’s skilled care.
This Price is no bargain
By
John O'Connor
Mar 05, 2017
Dr. Tom Price recently became Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Long-term care operators should cast a wary eye for two reasons: Medicaid and Medicare.
When failure is a virtue
By
John O'Connor
Jun 06, 2016
In “My Losing Season,” Pat Conroy’s moving memoir notes how championship teams keep the good times going. They jump up and down when the game ends. They party and have victory dinners...
Must work be dreadful?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 04, 2016
Few things are less interesting than your typical “help wanted” ad.