On-demand payments help healthcare workers’ finances
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2024
Healthcare workers who leverage the earned wage access solution DailyPay reduce their credit card debt, pay fewer late fees on bills, use payday loans less often and pay fewer overdraft fees.
Myths persist about the stages of aging
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 05, 2019
A majority of older adults and caregivers mistakenly believe that sharp declines in quality of life are unavoidable, according to a survey from WebMD and The John A. Hartford Foundation.
Ask The Payment Expert
By
Caryn Adams
Jun 06, 2019
My April Five-Star rating is different from what I expected. Why? In March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted changes to the Five-Star calculation methods that affected ratings beginning...
Ask the resident care expert … about precaution types
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Jan 25, 2023
Q: We are confused about the difference between contact precautions and enhanced barrier precautions. Can you help?
Outsmarting HAIs
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 05, 2019
As infection control and prevention continues to be the most frequently cited F-tag in surveys, experts share their tips for managing healthcare-acquired infections.
Editor’s Desk: The time is quite right to change survey frequency
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 18, 2019
If nothing else, we have to give Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service Administrator Seema Verma credit for building a plan and sticking to it. So far. But be careful what you ask for. Rumors have flown...
Nurses: Patients have suffered due to work overload
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 05, 2022
Nine in 10 nurses believe the quality of patient care often suffers as a result of the nursing shortage, according to a survey by nurse staffing firm connectRN.
UKG, ADP top provider-used timekeeping, payroll services
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 01, 2022
Approximately one-third of long-term care operators responding to a recent survey indicated they outsource their timekeeping and payroll services, whereas 67% of providers still do not, according to specialty...
The 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey: Leaders at their ‘breaking points’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 11, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care nurse leaders have seriously considered quitting their jobs in the last three months, a nearly 10-point jump versus 2021, according to the fourth annual McKnight’s Mood of...
Mood of the Market Survey reveals most long-term care leaders want to stay in the profession, others...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2021
2020 McKnight’s Mood of the Market Survey reveals dedicated long-term care leaders looking for better salary and more staff, but by and large satisfied with their jobs, despite historic conditions.