Mother’s Day kicks off annual Skilled Nursing Care Week
By
James M. Berklan
May 06, 2022
Skilled nursing operators will celebrate — and be celebrated — during National Skilled Nursing Care Week, from Sunday through May 14 this year.
Assisted living professionals gathering for annual conference
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 12, 2019
Skilled nursing’s downstream partners in assisted living will be gathering en masse Sunday through Wednesday at the Argentum annual meeting in San Antonio. Top issues concerning policy, housing, transitions...
Expert says PDPM pay rates continue to creep up but warns about over exuberance
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 30, 2020
Daily pay rates in November under the Patient Driven Payment Model were an estimated 5.27% above federal regulators’ forecast, according to a report released Wednesday by the Zimmet Healthcare Services...
BREAKING: CMS finalizes therapy pay cuts in 2022 Physician Pay Rule, and extends COVID reporting period
By
Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a 15% payment reduction for physical and occupational therapy assistants, and extended temporary telehealth services added to Medicare during the...
BREAKING NEWS: CMS directing ‘immediate’ help to nursing homes in COVID-19 ‘hotspot’ areas
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 10, 2020
Federal health authorities announced Friday that they will be sending nursing homes in COVID-19 hotspots “immediate assistance.”
To get it right, providers need to get off track
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 28, 2012
It’s interesting how some of the best old sayings come back in modern forms time and time again. That’s what struck me after reading a news item we posted at mcknights.com Monday: “Established...
NIC annual spring meeting kicks off Wednesday in Dallas
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 18, 2022
The NIC annual spring meeting starts Wednesday and will bring together several thousand long-term care housing and care stakeholders and investors.
Computer-based clinical decision support featured at Sept. 17 webcast
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 21, 2014
Attendees at a special McKnight’s webcast Sept. 17 will have the world of computer-based clinical decisions support unfolded before them. Improved quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of processes...
More time — McKnight’s Tech Awards extends entry period to Thursday (July 7)
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2022
You asked for it and you got it: The entry period for the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition is now Thursday, July 7.
AHCA/NCAL and NASL conventions kick off Sunday
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 10, 2019
Perhaps the biggest weekend of the long-term care administrative calendar is at hand with the start of the annual conferences for the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living...