CMS let the cat out of the bag, but it’s managed care that’s ready to pounce
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2021
If you work with managed care (and who doesn’t anymore), chances are pretty good you’re already on a collision course that’s been accelerated lately
Strategies for success: Employee engagement through scheduling called a key for retention
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 21, 2021
Allowing employees to have a say in their own work schedules can go a long way toward alleviating long-term care’s long-standing workforce challenges, according to one expert.
The nurse guilt Is unbearable
By
Steven Littlehale
May 04, 2020
Amid a deep bout of “nurse guilt,” I feel like I should be doing more.
CMS to release first race, outcomes data related to COVID-19 in May
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 21, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will release coronavirus data regarding race and ethnicity and outcomes in early May, according to Administrator Seema Verma.
SNF physicians’ unique skill set requires more definition and support, industry docs say
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 15, 2022
Insights into these doctors’ contributions and constraints are highlighted in interviews with medical directors and attending physicians.
Managing a bah humbug holiday season
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 15, 2020
By now many of us have viewed the viral video of residents gleefully shooting soft foam balls at laughing staff members dressed as reindeer dodging through a pine-tree “forest.” It’s the kind...
Facility’s fishing cart hooks international recognition
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 03, 2020
A senior community’s creative way to take residents on a fishing trip was recently honored on an international stage.
Feds investigating Washington state SNF; providers facing supply shortages following coronavirus outbreak
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2020
A Washington state skilled nursing facility at the center of the United States’ coronavirus outbreak could be facing additional scrutiny from the federal government.
Nursing Home Quality Incentive Program? Hardly
By
Brendan Williams
Dec 08, 2020
Was any federal program ever more misnamed than the “Nursing Home Quality Incentive Program”? Rather than reward nursing home quality, it has effectively rewarded states that have out-of-control COVID-19...
Providers hopeful about next Senate virus relief bill
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 09, 2020
Nursing home operators and the rest of the country may soon know the key components in a fourth, and likely final, coronavirus relief package from the federal government.