Editor’s Desk: A proposal that could hit you like an (I)MAC truck
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2009
We can forgive providers if they sense a bit of vertigo coming on. When legislators look to give back power, up truly must seem like down and down seem like up.
As growth in VA skilled nursing continues, GAO presses for better oversight
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 04, 2019
There will be a growing number of Veterans Administration nursing home residents, and they could receive care under stricter oversight, if recommendations from the Government Accountability Office come...
Also in the News for Monday, April 3
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 03, 2023
Medicaid ‘purge’ rolls out for millions without automatic renewals … College team awarded $2.3M for ‘innovative’ falls prevention work … How palliative care can be integrated into states’...
Nursing homes need to act fast in ‘new era,’ expert says
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 26, 2022
The White House and federal regulators have thrust nursing homes into what could be a two-generation crisis mode, and providers must act quickly to soften the blow, a leading industry expert says.
The center of the long-term care universe — and it’s growing
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 05, 2014
From the president of the United States to healthcare regulators and providers of all stripe, the focus is increasingly on innovation and creating caregiving alliances. One place in the United States is...
It’s time for certain providers to get what they deserve. Are you one of them?
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 23, 2022
It’s time for providers to get serious about taking a pause — and do it for a very worthy cause: To collect richly deserved praise.
This is what your employees want
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 08, 2015
What persists and cannot fade, despite the best erasure efforts of days on a cross-country train, weeks of total detachment from the Internet and phone signals, AND 65 miles of arduous backpacking in mountains...
Safety committee’s records not privileged: federal court
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2015
A North Carolina nursing home operator can’t claim privilege in protecting documents created by its safety committee from discovery, a federal trial court has ruled.
Of admissions, knitting and bandwagons: CLASS danger
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 23, 2011
Supporters of the CLASS Act were cringing this week, just as they were two weeks ago when McKnight’s reported on some loaded remarks from the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid top overseer.
Super Tuesday webcast Aug. 5: Getting connected properly with hospitals, doctors
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 17, 2014
The next McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast will help providers discern if they are prepared to be a preferred “connected” partner of hospitals and physicians. The free event takes place...