With the pending retirement of Larry Minnix as president and CEO of LeadingAge, I don’t know whether to praise him or be fearful. I’ve always told him that he’s such a good writer, he...
Advocacy group calls for ‘immediate’ Congressional hearings into nursing home staffing
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 10, 2018
The bipartisan group issued a statement calling “for immediate Congressional hearings into a disturbing report issued this weekend pointing to chronic staff shortages in nursing homes.”
A new perspective
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2008
Alice Hedt, Executive Director, NCCNHR
News Analysis: More needed on Medicare drug benefit
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 04, 2005
As time runs shorter, providers say the final CMS rule leaves a lot
to the imagination.
With all the day-to-day hassles of running a nursing home, most operators don’t have the opportunity to worry...
Wound Care Feature: Get it in writing
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2005
As treatment options and regulations have expanded, so has the documentation need for care teams trying to deliver wound care.
Nancy DeFranco can look back with a bit of a wry grin now, but there was nothing...
Information technology feature: Record pacing
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 30, 2005
Upcoming regulations will drive providers closer toward the establishment of the elusive electronic health record.
Profile: Earning his chops — Larry Slatky, board chairman, ACHCA
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 11, 2007
There is no question Larry Slatky is a driven man. How else can one explain a lower-middle class kid from the Bronx becoming New York’s youngest licensed nursing home administrator in 1971, and then...
Transportation feature: Fuelish dreams
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 10, 2006
Rising gas prices and lagging reimbursements have forced providers to re-examine their operations’ transportation plans.
Rehabilitation feature — Subacute surge
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 12, 2006
The 75% Rule and other recent events have thrust nursing homes’ subacute expansion back into the limelight
Finance Feature — Old quandary
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 16, 2006
More and more, aging facilities are begging the question:
Is it time to remodel, refurbish or just start over?