How to compare Obamacare and its House GOP replacement bill — in a nutshell
By
James M. Berklan
May 11, 2017
I’m happy to report I might have found a near CliffsNotes equivalent for the recently passed American Health Care Act. You know, the Obamacare repeal and replace bill that the House passed last week.
Will blockbuster ProMedica-HCR ManorCare deal work? We’ll know ‘fairly quickly’
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 02, 2018
While leaders of both HCR ManorCare and its new parent company, the ProMedica healthcare system, brim with confidence over their new, joint capabilities, they realize there are whispers in the corridors...
Proof election year is no time to take anything for granted
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 24, 2016
It seems you can’t count on anything for certain in an election year — just ask any Trump skeptic – and that could mean special things for long-term care.
Note to providers: Go down swinging or get eaten alive
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 23, 2018
If you feel like you’re getting picked on, you should fight back. Scrap like hell, thrash about and do anything you can to cause a ruckus and save yourself. What does this have to do with long-term...
Therapy caps a big step closer to extinction
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 27, 2017
Could this really be happening? Medicare Part B therapy caps took a huge step toward vanishing for good on Thursday.
Beyond the 403-page elephant in the room
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 15, 2015
Civics class was in full session Monday, when long-term care providers received a summer reading assignment that should keep them busy — and anxiety-ridden — for many days to come. But, hey, at least...
Sorry, CMS, this time you’ve gone too far
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 08, 2019
Life as a regulator can be a thankless job, but sometimes it involves admitting that you’re just outright wrong.
A long-term care success story you have to wonder about
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 18, 2021
I had known Joe for a couple of years before visiting him at home. It was an unfortunate set of circumstances that caused it, but they planted the first seeds for my infatuation with an often unappreciated...
And the Oscar goes to … not this cockeyed production
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 16, 2023
I recently woke up in a fog to the middle of some movie where innocent villagers were being accused by the sheriff of crimes they were certain they hadn’t committed.
Answers about your top 5 technology challenges
By
James M. Berklan
May 13, 2015
I’ve learned after many years of covering long-term care that certain things are sure to arouse providers’ anger — over regulation, under payment and reckless media accounts among them. What...