Amid all the anxiety, great opportunities exist for providers with the introduction of the Patient-Driven Payment Model.
Robots, technology shape philosophy at Knollwood
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 24, 2019
A few months ago, McKnight’s began making a conscious effort to hear from you, specifically how you’re creating positive change in your facility.
‘Cloud’ over rehospitalization reduction efforts shouldn’t deter skilled providers
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 23, 2019
Study results are causing experts to do the once unthinkable: question the campaign to lower rehospitalization rates.
Why SNFs better start talking with the hospital down the street, or risk getting left in the dust
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 22, 2019
I’ll admit that accountable care organizations are not my favorite topic in the world.
Starting small, thinking big for LTC’s future
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 17, 2019
Conversations with my mother are occasionally like chatting with the dog from “Up” who yells “Squirrel!”
Parkinson: It’s time for providers to consider special plans
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 16, 2019
Low occupancy. Low profit margins. Impossibly low reimbursements. Pressure to risk share. Inaccurate staffing tabulations. One can forgive Mark Parkinson if he ever seems distracted. As the president and...
Robots might be coming to steal your nursing home’s lunch
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 15, 2019
It’s bad enough that nursing home leaders have to constantly look over their shoulders, worried about when government bureaucrats or managed care plans might going to take the next whack at their payments....
Medicaid innovation will come from private sector
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2019
Most providers seem to shrug at the concept of actual Medicaid reform, and federal regulators’ actions give them little reason to do anything but that.
2019 — The year of the conversation
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 02, 2019
Long-term care providers, prepare to converse more. That means some important people plan to not only talk, but more importantly also do more listening than in the past.
What nursing homes can learn from a ‘troubling’ court decision on sexual consent
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
Navigating the nuances of nursing home resident sexual encounters has to be an extremely difficult proposition for administrators, and things just got a little thornier after a recent court ruling. The...