After two years in pandemic mode, many skilled nursing providers are still hoping for a routine visit from surveyors. Thousands need a fresh chance to improve ratings.
Measuring nursing home quality minute by minute
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2022
If there’s one thing nursing home providers, consumer advocates and regulators can agree on when it comes to developing a minimum staffing rule, it might be just how difficult the job will be.
Analysis: Providers push for 2020 lift of CNA lockout
By
Liza Berger
Mar 02, 2020
Other legislative priorities this year include reauthorization of the Elder Justice Act.
The 2015 McKnight’s Online Expo is here
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 04, 2015
9th annual ‘virtual’ tradeshow makes it easy to earn continuing education credits, learn from national experts, visit vendor booths and get up to speed on the profession’s hottest topics
Analysis: Medicaid program on the chopping block
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2020
While previous administrations have gone after Medicaid spending and capitulated, that is little consolation to current long-term care stakeholders and longtime observers. They wonder if this time the...
LTC expert panel: Cautious optimism for SNFs
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2015
As 2014 drew to a close, long-term care providers had reason to pat themselves on the back. Successes over the past year included a significant reduction in off-label use of antipsychotics, improvements...
McKnight’s Roundtable: Prescription for change
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
When top long-term care executives and physicians meet, visions for a new future of longterm care technology, care processes and payment mechanisms soon follow
Why standardization?
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 05, 2015
There’s a saying that “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”
Analysis: An insurance model to get excited about
By
Liza Berger
Jan 05, 2020
At the first-ever long-term care population health conference, providers learn that I-SNPs offer long-awaited opportunities to control their own fate when it comes to pay and quality.
Admins’ pay rises to $102K, DONs’ up to $90K
By
Liza Berger
Nov 05, 2016
The long-term care field is showing signs of robust health. For the first time since the recession hit eight years ago, it is offering strong pay increases across the board — from certified nursing assistants...