Providing the highest quality care to our geriatric long-term care residents and short-term stay rehabilitation patients has been a major focus and investment throughout our organization. Our goal, from...
Seniors — more than shadows of former glories
By
Gary Tetz
Dec 19, 2019
It would be one of those sympathy shows, I figured, the kind where you go home acknowledging the performer more as a historical artifact than as a still-vigorous artist. “How good could she really be...
Keep your head up: Your pay rule comments are due by June 10!
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Apr 25, 2022
Perhaps the proposed rule will allow providers to tell their story to CMS, and this time make the agency’s key personnel understand that a reimbursement cut right now is unreasonable.
Monday morning quarterbacking and the art of the lookback
By
Rajeev Kumar, M.D.
Oct 28, 2019
Fall is here, and football season has returned with much fanfare — quite like the eagerly anticipated arrival of the Patient-Driven Payment Model. Unless skilled nursing Interdisciplinary teams practice...
The challenge of protecting dementia residents during the coronavirus pandemic
By
Joel Landau
Jul 01, 2020
The new normal resulting from the coronavirus pandemic has presented a particular challenge to those afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, as well as the dedicated healthcare professionals...
A simple thank-you
By
Gary Tetz
Dec 20, 2018
Thanks for being the supercharged superheroes of love and compassion you become every December.
Are we focused on the right partnerships?
By
Prentice Lipsey
Oct 01, 2015
As long-term care operators, we are constantly jockeying to become preferred providers for tertiary hospital’s post acute care networks.
The truth behind understaffing
By
Kevin Peek
Sep 20, 2018
“The Happiest Place On Earth” is a title self-awarded and held by Disneyland. With pictures of smiling faces of all ages circulating through ads and social media, it is not hard to see why people...
What providers can do to counteract negative advertising
By
David B. Pearce
Mar 24, 2014
Plaintiffs’ lawyers use negative advertising for the same reason political consultants do — because it works. And although modern political campaigns seem never-ending, mercifully, there is a defined...
It’s time to bundle up
By
Kristy Wikum
Oct 12, 2016
As we are moving towards new payment systems, it is imperative that we are involved and offer comments when we are able to as this will greatly impact us as providers. We also need to stay informed so...