BREAKING: Feds: Nursing homes must test staff, offer residents COVID-19 testing under new rules
By
James M. Berklan
Danielle Brown
Aug 25, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced sweeping regulatory changes Tuesday afternoon for nursing homes and other providers dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks.
National Falls Prevention Conference starts Monday
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 17, 2015
The National Falls Prevention Conference, which runs from Monday through Wednesday in Los Angeles. The program will feature keynote talks from researchers at Johns Hopkins University and UCLA, as well...
4th Online Expo brings major topics to you
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2010
McKnight’s annual virtual meeting and trade show again will offer five free CEUs
ASCP annual meeting Nov. 4-7
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 13, 2021
The Annual Society of Consultant Pharmacists will hold its annual meeting Nov. 4-7 at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego.
LTC Administrators week arrives Monday
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 05, 2021
National Long-Term Care Administrators Week runs from Monday through next Friday (March 12).
New and improved McKnights.com debuts
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2021
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and its affiliated publications unveil new looks today as an extension of more than 40 years of exemplar service to long-term care owners, operators and key stakeholders....
Nursing homes will see a higher-than-expected 4.0% increase in their Medicare Part A payments in fiscal 2024, per a finalized Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule publicized late Monday. But major...
Answer to ‘the question’: McKnight’s new awards
By
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.
Parkinson: ‘2023 is going to be a tough year’
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 31, 2022
Long-term care leaders are eyeing the next 18 months warily, despite recent victories in the form of better-than-expected Medicare reimbursements for fiscal 2023 and Monday’s partial reprieve on emergency...
Urgency picks up with Pinnacle Awards entry period half over
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 29, 2023
The McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards, the sector’s top recognition program for honoring long-term care industry veterans, is halfway to its Oct. 20 entry deadline.