CMS prods hospitals to improve discharge info for SNFs, home health
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 07, 2023
Hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information prompted federal regulators to issue a special memo Tuesday.
‘Bunk,’ hooey and other nonsense about vaccine mandates
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James M. Berklan
Jul 30, 2021
It appears that meddlers and selfish louts are going to keep the issue of vaccination mandates center stage for at least a while.
Wish I was there — Myda’s nursing home parade through the heart of town
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James M. Berklan
Jul 05, 2018
I don’t care how grand your area’s Fourth of July parade or festivites might have been. The best parade I’ve heard about lately took place last month due to the efforts of a creative...
Executive Decisions: The rise of the I-SNP
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James M. Berklan
Mar 07, 2019
Marquis Companies CFO Steve Fogg recently spoke with McKnight’s Editor James M. Berklan about how his company’s I-SNP, Age Right Advantage, came to fruition, its challenges and what others can expect...
Quality pursuit taken to a new level
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James M. Berklan
Nov 08, 2006
Providers join critics in coalition to show they can improve over the next two years.
Staffing rule could bring system ‘collapse,’ providers say, but CMS stands firm
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James M. Berklan
Sep 27, 2023
Nursing homes’ leading lobbying organization unloaded a full, research-backed attack on the viability of the White House’s proposed staffing mandate Tuesday. But the administration was unmoved, and...
BREAKING (Updated): High Court grills attorneys over worker COVID vaccination mandates (live)
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Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Jan 07, 2022
The Supreme Court should issue a stay and allow a federal vaccine mandate for healthcare workers to go into effect immediately because “any delay in implementing that requirement would cause preventable...
The long view
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James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2008
Short-term therapy has received most of the buzz lately, but providers know long-termers keep them in good shape
Admin, DON salaries rise at a slower clip
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 08, 2006
Nursing home administrators hit a record high national median salary this year, and so did directors of nursing. But each group saw a slowdown in momentum that built last year.
Risk Management Feature: Overexposed?
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James M. Berklan
May 12, 2006
Recent risk management developments have raised the ante for providers. Answers may lie in mastering basic practices