Gail Sheridan knows what it means to serve. From training as a registered nurse while in the U.S. Navy to dedicating the following phases of her career to the lives of older adults, she has been serving...
Provider groups slam Medicaid cuts in last-chance ‘catastrophic’ bill to replace ACA
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Sep 20, 2017
Republican lawmakers’ last shot at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline is not earning any fans in the long-term care sector, the nation’s largest provider...
Supreme Court grants nursing home win in arbitration case
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May 16, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took a Kentucky nursing home’s side in a closely-watched case involving power of attorney and arbitration.
Answer to ‘the question’: McKnight’s new awards
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James M. Berklan
Jun 04, 2012
Do you and your colleagues do good work? Of course you do. But why is that? You care for your residents. Check. You care about professionalism. Check. Maybe you just don’t know any other way. Check.
The hospital lobby strikes again with the ‘60% Rule’
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James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2008
If you haven’t noticed by now, the ballyhooed “75% Rule” has been laid to rest. Long live the “60% Rule”!
Minnix: CMS administrator vacancy delaying possible Five-Star rating system changes
Apr 22, 2009
The absence of a chief at the helm of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may be stymieing providers’ attempts to persuade federal regulators to modify the new Five-Star Quality Rating System...
A good first step but more to do with MDS 3.0
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Leah Klusch, RN, BSN, FACHCA
Mar 07, 2012
It was a long first day, but there was tremendous value and everyone who is here has learned what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ positions are with the April updates and some of the...
HCR ManorCare staffers are rarin’ for a rebound
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James M. Berklan
Sep 05, 2018
A lot has been made about ProMedica’s acquisition of the once-proud nursing home giant HCR ManorCare. And rightfully so.
Long-term care providers dodge bullets in fiscal cliff deal, but CLASS (Act) is out
Jan 03, 2013
Long-term operators are cheering that Congress averted cutting Medicare payments through sequestration this week, and they’re glad that another one-year postponement of physician pay cuts didn’t...
Meet Amanda Brown, Veteran VIP honoree
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Chloe Konrad
Jul 22, 2021
Colleagues of Amanda Brown were able to see the moment they walked into the facility where she is the administrator how passionate she is about the long-term care industry.