Impatient with the conservative participation in its Medicare Shared Savings Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed an overhaul of its most popular accountable care organization...
Providers rip huge backlog of therapy claims reviews
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2014
A provider-sponsored survey recently uncovered huge backlogs of therapy claim reviews for beneficiaries who exceeded the Medicare Part B caps limits.
A “punt” by the U.S. Supreme Court left long-term care providers breathing a deep, maybe temporary, sigh of relief regarding California’s proposed Medicaid funding cuts.
Fix flaws before changing nursing home pay: AHCA says
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider a higher market basket update for nursing homes due to improper calculations that could be costing providers, the American Health Care Association...
LTC providers see ‘great improvement’ in proposed new Medicare payment system
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 30, 2018
Skilled nursing leaders scrambled over the weekend to analyze a potentially exciting new patient classification system and proposed fiscal year 2019 payment rules that regulators unveiled Friday.
New forces in laundry rooms
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 13, 2004
While fancier controls and advanced technology may have made washing and drying a bit easier in recent years, there has still been no rest for those who manage the laundry at nursing homes.
Sicker residents...
Kramer named McKnight’s Pinnacle Career Achievement Award winner
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 11, 2023
Robert G. Kramer, the entrepreneurial thought leader who created a forum for investors in long-term care and revolutionized the use of data in the space, has been chosen as the 2023 Career Achievement...
McKnight’s awards open
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2014
The entry period is now open for McKnight’s 3rd annual Excellence in Technology program.
AHCA’s Parkinson: Feds confirm 1M rapid COVID tests weekly through 2020, most worried about low census...
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 08, 2020
A worrisome slowdown in federal distribution of coronavirus rapid-screening tests this week is only a temporary aberration that will quickly be corrected, the leader of the largest skilled nursing and...
Lynn Hood to receive 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2024
Lynn Hood, a long-term care executive well-known for answering the call to act under emergency conditions and being a champion of employees, has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award...