It seems the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston ought to be getting a lot more attention from its peers. The center has successfully implemented a multi-pronged approach to lower rehospitalizations.
End the quarter on a high note
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 02, 2018
You have every opportunity to make your year a winner even though it’s only March.
Has MedPAC been infiltrated?
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 17, 2015
Don’t look now, but it appears that nursing home owners might have sneaked one of their own onto the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
‘The finish line is in sight. We just all have to keep running’
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 08, 2021
You don’t always have to “beat” anyone else to enjoy success. Sometimes you just have to get to the finish line, and to do that, you merely have to keep running.
Like father, like son
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 21, 2018
It was only fitting that a fabulous “New Yorker” video called “The Blessings of Aging,” popped onto my screen Tuesday. You need to make sure it pops up on your screen too.
About those rats at your facility …
By
James M. Berklan
May 31, 2011
I think we might have caught some of you sleeping not long ago. That’s the only way I can explain what happened – or should I say what did NOT happen.
No fooling with this CMS pandemic study
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 25, 2022
When it comes to public health emergencies, it’s clear federal regulators don’t want to be considered fooled. This is good for skilled nursing providers.
You’ve done the work, so where’s the reward?
By
James M. Berklan
May 23, 2024
Time and time again, long-term care personnel put their heart into their daily routines only to be told or left feeling it’s not enough.
This long-term care legal trend is liable to upset you
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 08, 2016
Liability costs are expected to rise 6% in 2017 for skilled nursing operators, according to a new report. But there’s a more disturbing stat than that to be reckoned with.
Azar toes company line, which isn’t half bad
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 06, 2018
When the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services addressed a gathering of nursing home owners and operators Tuesday in Washington, it might not have been the HHS Secretary everyone had...