New isolation guidance for COVID-19 excludes nursing homes
By
Liza Berger
Mar 01, 2024
People with COVID-19 no longer have to isolate for five days, per new guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday.
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Dale Thompson
By
Liza Berger
Sep 21, 2020
When pivotal programs are put into place, it becomes easy to forget there was a time without them.
AARP’S policy wizard — John Rother, director of policy
By
Liza Berger
May 11, 2005
To say John Rother has been busy lately would be an understatement.
As director of policy and strategy at AARP, the largest seniors organization in the world, Rother has crafted some critical healthcare...
Illuminate HC snares Innovator of the Year Gold Award in Tech competition
By
Liza Berger
Oct 10, 2019
The research and development arm of Illuminate HC this year earned the Gold Award in the Innovator of the Year category in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition for its Illuminate...
Chies stars in tech talk
By
Liza Berger
Jan 13, 2006
Steve Chies will address ways providers can use technology to achieve superior outcomes, during an upcoming McKnight’s Webcast.
Stark wants major change to healthcare plan
By
Liza Berger
Jan 09, 2007
Sweeping changes to the House’s healthcare agenda could be in store if the new House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee chairman has his way.
Profile: Audrey Weiner – Never afraid to mix it up
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2010
Audrey S. Weiner, President, CEO, Jewish Home Lifecare
Providers head into final phases of RoP
By
Liza Berger
Nov 21, 2019
With Thanksgiving nearly here, providers will be thinking about more than turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and how they’re going to staff the long holiday weekend. They also realize they have...
Nursing homes in New York grapple with Medicaid reimbursement reduction
By
Liza Berger
Jan 02, 2020
Nursing homes and other healthcare providers in New York woke up to a 1% Medicaid payment cut in the New Year.
‘Big, big changes’ coming to nursing home regulation thanks to pandemic’s destruction, Grabowski...
By
Liza Berger
Nov 16, 2020
Because of the devastation COVID-19 has wrought on nursing homes, regulatory changes likely are coming, according to a highly respected long-term care researcher.