There is something you and your team must do immediately, the success of which will make or break your transition to the government’s new payment model. Relax. Refresh. Recharge. Only with a clear...
A huge fiscal cliff looms for skilled nursing
By
Tom Coble
Aug 17, 2018
Our goal is to treat everyone like family and provide your loved ones with the highest level of quality care. But we are in an increasingly difficult situation.
In nursing homes, a sense of loss can be a blessing in disguise
By
Sam Kupietz, Ph.D.
Jul 27, 2018
Reflection reveals that while loss is ubiquitous in our lives, in the prime of our adulthood we generally have options with which to mitigate loss.
Caring for those who care: Retaining your team through revolutionizing the workplace
By
Jayne Keller
Jul 11, 2018
Full employment — it’s the term economists use to describe a market where virtually everyone who can and wants to work lives. For places like Denver where the current unemployment rate is an incredibly...
Attorneys general seek greater punishment for nursing homes: A counterproductive approach?
By
Alan C. Horowitz, Esq., RN
Jun 27, 2018
At the end of May, attorneys general from 16 states and the District of Columbia signed a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar urging him “to reconsider this regulatory rollback.” The “rollback” the...
Digital practice in LTC: Impact of AI, AR and digital technologies
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 15, 2018
Many of us working on reform since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid in the turbulent 1960s witnessed reform in the guise of reworking, re-engineering, redevising, recreating, redesigning and refashioning.
The 21st Century SNF: two paths forward
By
Anne Tumlinson
Jun 11, 2018
Many industry experts believe skilled nursing’s current marketshare challenges are temporary — that SNFs only have to hang on until demographic shifts kick in. But I worry about this strategy.
New law brings tougher eldercare background screening — for employees AND owners
By
Henry R. Chalmers
Jun 06, 2018
A new law in Georgia signed by Gov. Nathan Deal (R) on May 7 will provide additional safeguards against elder abuse at long-term care facilities.
Unfortunately, turning away opioid addicts might be necessary
By
Joan Baird, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP and Blake Griese, JD, PharmD
May 07, 2018
While the practice of turning away opioid addicts may appear heartless, this may be necessary given some of the administrative and regulatory hurdles that exist.
Payment reform: Ready! Set! Don’t go! No, I mean go!
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 23, 2018
Perhaps you think that the new therapy-payment bombshell (RCS-1) has turned out to be a dud. I hope to make the point that it was not.