State News: City plans to seek compensation for burned out former nursing home
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 04, 2019
ILLINOIS — After volunteers spent days during the summer decorating windows at a vacant nursing home, the building burned in a December fire.
Profile: Rita Mabli is Doing a world of good
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 04, 2019
Once a month, United Hebrew of New Rochelle president and CEO Rita Mabli meets with line staff, where there is no talking about work, only personal histories.
New rules limiting interest deduction will adversely affect SNFs
By
Kuno S. Bell
Jan 04, 2019
As with everything else, the IRS always has the ability to challenge anything which saves you taxes. However, since being on the SNF license imposes some burdens, having people who only own an interest...
Harvard study: Medicare’s bundled payment effort for joints tallies modest savings, driven by drops...
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 04, 2019
Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model has scored small savings for hospitals and their patients through decreasing the use of skilled nursing facility services, a new report finds.
Medicaid innovation will come from private sector
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2019
Most providers seem to shrug at the concept of actual Medicaid reform, and federal regulators’ actions give them little reason to do anything but that.
Staff texting can be a lifeline, but convenience comes with a cost, experts warn providers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2019
Late last year, anyone using the right search terms could have stumbled onto an open database containing valuable text messages that should have remained private — including appointment and billing information...
Financial literacy 101: Scoop deeply from this alphabet soup, lenders urge SNF operators
By
John Hall
Jan 03, 2019
Bankers say long-term care borrowers would do well to tend to their knowledge of financial fundamentals as much as they do the physical appearance of their landscapes and reception areas when it comes...
2019 — The year of the conversation
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 02, 2019
Long-term care providers, prepare to converse more. That means some important people plan to not only talk, but more importantly also do more listening than in the past.
The rise of job ghosting
By
Kendra Nicastro
Jan 01, 2019
Senior care employers do have strategies to protect themselves. To start, get back to basics. Employees want to be involved and engaged professionally and personally.
LTC interventions help improve quality of life
By
Terri Maxwell
Dec 28, 2018
Loneliness and social isolation, the complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society, can be acutely troublesome for seniors,