When I graduated from college and began interviewing for my first “real” job 15 years ago, my father urged me to find out if health insurance would be among the benefits. I landed a position at a newspaper,...
A new chapter for NAHCA
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 14, 2019
NAHCA’s new membership structure is a good example of how we can sometimes dramatically change the way we budget, or even our philosophies.
You make your own luck in this business
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 13, 2019
I think one of the saddest living-under-a-permanent-raincloud stories of recent years is the one about the long-term care administrator who tried to work at the beach but get sand in his keyboard and ruined...
It’s past time that you stopped baby talking your residents
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 12, 2019
In a moment of frustration, I’m sure it can happen to almost anyone in this field. Unable to connect with an elderly resident — who may have dementia or other cognitive issues — you resort to a simpler...
We are stunned, stunned that such prescribing could occur
By
John O'Connor
Feb 11, 2019
As Cindy Lauper famously sang, money changes everything. And when it comes to medicine, there are billions and billions of reasons why hinky behavior might occur.
We’re shocked, shocked that such prescribing could occur
By
John O'Connor
Feb 04, 2019
You mean to tell me that sometimes greed and lust take priority over the Hippocratic Oath? Say it ain’t so!
How one provider went out of its way to help those affected by the government shutdown
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 29, 2019
Seeing others hurt so badly by the just-ended (or at least temporarily on hold), government shutdown, it might be easy for some to say “not my problem.” But one busy, Illinois-based provider refused...
Ghosts in the (skilled care) machine
By
John O'Connor
Jan 25, 2019
How tough is the labor market? It has come to this: More and more employees are simply disappearing.
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.
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...