‘Cash crunch’ ahead: Volume of hospital discharges to SNFs unlikely to rebound ‘any time soon,’...
By
Liza Berger
Oct 08, 2020
The volume of hospital discharges to skilled nursing facilities is not likely to return to anything like pre-pandemic levels in the near future, said Fred Bentley, managing director of Avalere, a healthcare...
Special News Analysis: Offering relief amid chaos, destruction
By
Liza Berger
Oct 12, 2005
Nursing homes rise to challenges of Hurricane Katrina with long hours, generosity and a dose of determination
LTC interoperability is mission-critical, coalition members say at provider summit
By
Liza Berger
Apr 21, 2023
Long-term care has a deadline of 2030 for electronic interoperability — the process of exchanging healthcare information with other providers — but the goal still remains elusive for many facilities.
Proposed Medicare cuts still trouble healthcare providers
By
Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2009
As time drew nearer for the resolution of healthcare reform, various sectors of the healthcare community, including long-term care, were still scrambling to shore up funding.
Representatives introduce ‘transparency’ bill in House
By
Liza Berger
Nov 01, 2008
Long-term care providers have offered mixed reactions to the “Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008,” which was introduced in the House last month.
Critical report finds surveys are too soft
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2008
Nursing homes received another quality drubbing last month after the Government Accountability Office revealed that state inspectors often understate deficiencies, including those about malnutrition, bedsores...
Medicare cuts could be disastrous, study says
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2008
Nursing home providers have intensified lobbying efforts against a proposed regulation that would reduce Medicare outlays to skilled nursing facilities by $770 million in fiscal year 2009.
As senior care grapples with outbreaks, APIC urges states to strengthen vaccine outreach
By
Liza Berger
Jul 19, 2021
A major infection control organization is calling on states to expand the dissemination of evidence-based COVID-19 vaccine information. This as various senior care organizations report new coronavirus...
Bethel Pointe wins Tech Awards Gold with platform that improves collaboration
By
Liza Berger
Oct 09, 2019
Its efforts to improve collaboration with post-acute providers helped Bethel Pointe, a skilled nursing facility in Muncie, IN, win Gold in the Safety category in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology...
Profile — Quality assurance: Charlene Harrington, Professor, University of California-San Francisco
By
Liza Berger
Aug 08, 2007
Few in the nursing home community seem to particularly like Charlene Harrington. And, quite frankly, it’s easy to see why.