Ability to cope linked to longevity in study on older men
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 27, 2024
The effort that older men use to cope with stressful situations is more effective in terms of longevity than the individual strategies they employ, according to a study published March 19 in the Journals...
SNF leaders call for collaboration, reforms to fix ‘punitive’ regulatory environment
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 27, 2024
Facing a harsher regulatory environment from the state and federal governments in recent years, top long-term care leaders called for more collaboration and measures that work to improve care quality in...
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 27, 2024
Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS … Insulin cost caps didn’t increase access: study … Bill introduces efficiencies in long-term care surveyor site visits
McKnight’s Online Forum
May 21, 2024
Presentations by NetHealth and Viventium
The art of the pandemic
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Mar 26, 2024
Anyone who was working in healthcare in 2020 knows it was a rough year. When the lockdown happened, my staff with young children didn’t have daycare anymore. They didn’t have school anymore. The grandparents...
Petersen bankruptcy likely to involve selling facilities to multiple buyers: lawyer
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 26, 2024
Long-term care operator Petersen Health Care said it lis likely to sell off blocks of its facilities as part of its efforts to restructure and pay its debts after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last...
‘You can fight it and win,’ attorney assures providers after unanimous victory in brutal venue and...
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 26, 2024
Long-term care operators need to help themselves and their sector by battling plaintiff lawsuits more aggressively, stresses a provider attorney who just recorded a unanimous victory in what he calls an...
Long-term care providers took their campaign against $1 billion in proposed Medicaid cuts to new heights Friday, teaming with sympathetic community groups, lawmakers and even unions to protest at seven...
Thanks for the, er, help
By
John O'Connor
Mar 25, 2024
The adage about keeping friends close and enemies closer has been variously attributed. Its relevance for long-term care operators is pretty clear.
CMS discharge program isn’t reaching those with highest readmission risks: study
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 22, 2024
A new report took a deeper dive to see if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ transitional care management (TCM) program is reaching those most at risk. Even though the program is designed to...