Amid your daily workload and the whir of summer, a couple birthdays may have slipped by you. I’m speaking of the 45th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid.
How to succeed with new payment models June 28
Jun 16, 2016
Attendees at a special June 28 McKnight’s webinar, “How to succeed with new payment models,” will learn how controlling costs and boosting quality will get them on their way.
‘Never discharge’: concept or reality?
By
Martie Moore
May 22, 2015
Recently, I found myself engaged in a rich discussion about the current state of healthcare reform. We were debating the pros and cons of accountable care organizations. I introduced the concept of “never...
Watertown Square has an executive director
Aug 13, 2013
Susan C. Cwieka is the new executive director of Watertown Square, a 90-apartment senior community, in Watertown, MA. The Residence at Watertown Square is scheduled to open in the fall of 2014.
Nursing home lobbying merger was a long time in coming
By
James M. Berklan
May 30, 2013
Almost immediately after the 2006 schism that threatened to fully tear them fully apart, some stakeholders wanted to see the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care remain united with the American Health...
Webcast to focus on facility-acquired infections, hospital readmissions
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2012
Long-term care providers continually struggle with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). They can find answers to the challenge at a McKnight’s no-cost webcast at 1 p.m. (Eastern) June 20. During...
Judged by the company we keep
By
John O'Connor
Jan 25, 2021
I was reminded of one of my mother’s wise assessments last week while reading about two businessmen from our field who had a problem following rules.
One threat removed, but even bigger one remains
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2017
Make no mistake: Long-term care providers will take a victory wherever they can, and the Trump administration’s move to rescind the Obama administration’s ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements...
An unwelcome gift from MedPAC
By
Liza Berger
Dec 16, 2009
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! What has Santa brought you this year? The usual: A preliminary recommendation to freeze Medicare rates for the following year.
MedPAC idea could be bad for nursing homes
By
Liza Berger
May 27, 2009
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) recently introduced legislation that would make the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) part of the executive branch. The proposal is at once both logical and worrisome....