No doubt, you’re starting to feel the holiday planning pressure, but please don’t ignore one important to-do: This week, McKnight’s opened nominations for our 2023 Women of Distinction class.
Listening in at the intersection of policy and pain
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 10, 2021
My obsession with podcasts began a few years ago, when I spent quite a bit of time on the road. Naturally, I found true crime podcasts the best sidekick for long solo drives, and my library remains stacked...
Abi-Antoun named president, CEO of Presbyterian Homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 21, 2022
Presbyterian Homes, provider of life plan communities serving 1,400 residents, has named Nadim Abi-Antoun its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 1.
Medicare demo trims SNFs and saves $62 million: CMS
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 25, 2018
Nearly $62 million in Medicare savings generated by affiliated healthcare providers since 2016 came largely at the expense of skilled nursing facilities, according to data from the Centers for Medicare...
Another survey; another big, bad, sad number
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 27, 2022
I spent nearly a month this summer examining your reflections on working in nursing homes. I read through nurse leaders’ comments about dissatisfaction with pay, the decreasing meaning in their jobs...
OnShift hires Grimes, Alland
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2019
OnShift, a leader in human capital management software for post-acute care and senior living, has hired Addison Grimes as senior vice president of engineering, and Jim Alland as chief sales officer. Both...
Will clear and present danger reveal itself as state mandates increase?
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 11, 2023
Nursing home operators in New York and Pennsylvania are stepping into the abyss this month, with no easy way to see just how far they might fall before hitting bottom.
The staffing rule’s Swiss cheese factor
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 08, 2023
There’s a glaring hole in the proposed federal staffing mandate, and no, I’m not talking about that same blackhole that’s apparently sucked in 190,000 skilled nursing workers with no sign of spitting...
Hate can’t have a home here
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 22, 2022
In this moment, nursing homes and the entire senior care continuum owe it to all of their residents to say: Hate has no home here, but you do.
Are we ‘driving’ in the right direction when it comes to ongoing vaccine access?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 28, 2021
Even as news broke Tuesday that fully vaccinated residents could once again dine and socialize — without masks! — in close proximity to one another, there came a nagging reminder that it’s too early...