Face it: It’s easy to complain. About the boss, about the weather, about “the system.” And if you toil in long-term care, it’s really easy to fire up a narrowed down complaint list targeting two...
It’s time to take sides about Obamacare’s future
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2017
Tuesday’s statement from the American Health Care Association on Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare was striking. There was no walking a tightrope or mealy-mouthed ambiguity...
ACHCA President and CEO Bill McGinley calling it a career
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 15, 2021
Bill McGinley, the dynamic president and CEO of the American College of Health Care Administrators, has announced his retirement. He will remain through the group’s online annual convocation in April...
CDC starts much-anticipated training for mandatory COVID-19 reporting by nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 30, 2020
Details about the new process nursing homes will have to use to report COVID-19 infections and deaths directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began flowing Wednesday.
National Emergency will end early. What that means for providers
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 31, 2023
This week’s congressional vote to end the National Emergency designation early left providers uncertain.
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...
The fifth vital sign
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 26, 2017
It turns out Linda Shell’s hero had modern medicine right all along, even if her last utterance was well over 100 years ago.
Good advice about Alzheimer’s, dementia and staying sharp
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2016
There is no question providers see a lot of Alzheimer’s. They also encounter a lot of individuals whose family members struggle with the debilitating condition.
The finalists for the 2021 McKnight’s Tech Awards have arrived
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 02, 2021
A panel of expert judges has determined the short list of finalists for the 2021 McKnight’s Excellent in Technology Awards competition.
Nursing homes criticize CMS chest-thumping about $15.5M pandemic fines, severe citations
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 17, 2020
Nursing home operators were left shaking their heads and criticizing the Trump administration over the weekend after the latter touted larger than usual numbers of serious citations and fine amounts against...