Tickets now open to the public for Pinnacle Awards ceremony
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 26, 2024
The 2024 class of McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards honorees will be celebrated at cocktail reception, dinner and awards ceremony March 21 in Chicago, and all interested individuals are invited to join in.
With every SNF already under scrutiny, federal task force aims to cut healthcare spending, eliminate...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 30, 2023
A new task force from the US House Budget Committee will look at how to reduce healthcare spending, including ways to modernize healthcare and support access to care.
Two days left! McKnight’s Women of Distinction Jan. 5 deadline approaching
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2023
There are just two days left to nominate candidates for the 2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program under the standard deadline.
The future of AI in long-term care
LTC’s game-changer: Artificial intelligence
Ask the nursing expert … about MDS fraud
By
Amy Stewart
Jul 10, 2023
Q: When does a Minimum Data Set error become fraud?
‘Daunting’ concerns about nursing home cost escalation dominate 2025 pay rule comments
By
Josh Henreckson
May 29, 2024
Hundreds of providers are making one last attempt to increase pay rates and limit potential financial penalties of the proposed nursing home pay rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’...
Bill targeting long-term care facilities would add new emergency requirements
By
Joe Bush
Oct 14, 2022
Long-term care facilities would need to have a crisis plan to manage an outbreak of COVID-19 or other public health emergencies, have a stockpile of personal protective equipment, keep families of LTC...
Nearby ED means more avoidable visits from AL residents, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 12, 2023
The closer the nearest hospital, the higher the number of potentially avoidable emergency department visits among assisted living residents, researchers have found. A nearby ED may limit motivation to...
APIC: Healthcare workers should be required to vaccinated against COVID-19
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 10, 2023
A coalition of organizations led by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (APIC) sent a letter Friday encouraging state leaders to require healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19....
Ask the payment expert …. about the total nurse staffing measure
By
Eleisha Wilkes, RN, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
Nov 11, 2022
Q: What is the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Payment Total Nurse Staffing Measure?