SCA, which owns Tork and Tena, have announced they will split into two separate companies. The Away-from-Home tissue and medical solutions company formerly under Tena and Tork will be known as Essity,...
Making bundled payment models optional would be ‘severe blow’ to program, critics argue
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Apr 11, 2017
Allowing healthcare providers to opt out of testing bundled payment models could deal a “severe blow” to payment reform efforts and the future of the bundled payment program, according to some...
The broken record of bad public relations
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 07, 2017
If there’s an area that I would argue is as bad as it was when I wrote about it in 2012, it would be how-long term care operators handle a public relations crisis.
Bank that sleep now
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 06, 2017
When I was very young, my parents used to chuckle at how I, a through-and-through suburban kid, would rise so early and turn on the TV to watch … the farm report.
Profile: Frank Grosso
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Elizabeth Newman
Apr 05, 2017
A chance conversation with a pharmacist changed Frank Grosso’s life.
Where kindness is king
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Gary Tetz
Apr 05, 2017
As pesky questions about the future of healthcare swirl, let’s give thanks for the one, and maybe only, inviolate cog in the long-term care machinery that’s beyond the power of politicians...
Where’s the indignation been from providers?
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James M. Berklan
Apr 05, 2017
Finally. That was my immediate, silent reaction when I received the email from a top long-term care provider.
Reader Poll: What is the best thing your manager does to help you in your job?
Apr 05, 2017
“He (Board Chairman of the Reformed Church Home Reed Feuster) encourages me. He always makes a point to thank us and offer help. It’s kind of refreshing to get outside support. At the board...
Joint exercise
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John Hall
Apr 05, 2017
One year into the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundled pay program results are mixed, creating heightened anxiety about possible expansion
A farewell to Medicaid?
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John O'Connor
Apr 05, 2017
If there is one sector that proves the adage about incentives driving behavior, it’s skilled care.