As healthcare providers today, we must be ready to view the changes at both a macro and micro level, and move and respond accordingly to the moment. The current movement requires both the utilization of...
A band for every nursing home
By
Mary Gustafson
Jul 19, 2012
Nursing home residents — especially long-term residents — deserve to have the best entertainment that money can buy. Gary Gamponia, the director of the Los Angeles-based Pay It Forward jazz band, has...
Essential analytics for thriving in LTC
By
Rob Price
Jul 14, 2017
Healthcare has a reputation of being notoriously slow to adopt technology that other industries have long since made part of everyday life and analytics is no exception.
Embedding QAPI into transition planning
By
Carole Dykhouse, BSN, RN-BC, CPHQ
Aug 05, 2015
On July 13, 2015 the most comprehensive change to nursing home regulations in 25 years was proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The growing cost of compliance in long-term care
By
Michael K. Loucks
Nov 09, 2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand compliance-related regulations for skilled nursing facilities.
Hold off celebrating until you see the proof from CMS
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 09, 2017
Don’t uncork the champagne just yet. That was my sentiment in August when a federal court ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had come up short in its obligation to educate beneficiaries...
Long-term care financing reform presents area of opportunity for presidential candidates
By
Kathryn Roberts
Sep 24, 2008
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama should not overlook the potential impact of long-term care financing reform.
Don’t punish SNFs for training
By
Jeff Marcus, RN
Dec 30, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have made information technology and staff competency a priority for the past five years.
The summer of our nursing homes’ discontent
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2022
Memorial Day weekend usually ushers in a feeling of lightness, but I’m weighed down by uncertainty this year. Will it be a summer of discontent?
One threat removed, but even bigger one remains
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 06, 2017
Make no mistake: Long-term care providers will take a victory wherever they can, and the Trump administration’s move to rescind the Obama administration’s ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements...