Much of what I know about success (or failure) in life, love and long-term care has been reinforced by lessons learned over years of hiking. As a result, I now take it as a point of professional pride...
Your money’s no good here
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2017
I’d say the thing we write about most often in this line of work is payment issues. As a long-term care provider, you are eternally under pressure with whether there will be enough to pay for everything.
Equal pay for equal work? Has MedPAC lost its mind?
By
John O'Connor
Mar 07, 2016
If you are a post-acute provider, the big health news last week was not Donald Trump unveiling his post-Obamacare blueprint. It was the fact that MedPAC is getting closer to a rather brazen new approach...
Providers challenge proposal that adjusts payments, care
By
John Andrews
Jun 05, 2015
Providers in the post-acute care sector seem to be united in wanting BACPAC to take a hike.
What will it cost you to stay in the post-acute care game?
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 22, 2015
More than just collecting data, providers need to use standardized, nationally recognized measures. Especially in this era of ACOs and alternative payment models. In the past, many individual providers...
Regaining an appreciation of prevention
By
Tara Roberts
Feb 05, 2015
Healthcare is mandated to reduce spending. The problem is that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and others are so blinded by the “reduce spending” element that we have lost our...
Froyo funding for long-term care
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 11, 2014
I have been blessed with an astute business mind, and am always on the lookout for new pricing models for long-term care. I know we’re in this profession for love, not money. But no margin, no mission,...
Four industry trends driving talent management process improvement
By
Meghan Doherty
Sep 04, 2014
Despite regulation changes, shrinking margins and the increasing demand for service, there’s one thing that is absolutely certain: the future post-acute care workforce will be expected to do more...
All over the map: Factoring geography into board diversity
By
James Gauss
Jan 24, 2014
Long-term care and other healthcare organizations are looking to diversify the membership of their boards of directors, and rightly so. Increasingly, diversity is a cornerstone of board health and success....
Long-term care providers ready to deal with ‘doc fix’
By
James M. Berklan
May 15, 2013
If you hang around long enough, you learn there are only two things long-term care providers fear after Republicans and Democrats. That would be hospitals and doctors.