Readmission penalties could harm hospitals and SNFs
By
John O'Connor
Aug 24, 2012
Economic incentives – both good and bad – are a proven way to modify behavior. But what happens when an economic penalty is based on a dubious premise? Many hospitals may soon be forced to...
For East Coast nursing homes, things are heating up
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 03, 2012
For all the complaining about Chicago winters (which you are only allowed to do if you are a native), what generally gets missed is how lovely the summers here are compared to my home state of Virginia.
This is what your employees want
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 08, 2015
What persists and cannot fade, despite the best erasure efforts of days on a cross-country train, weeks of total detachment from the Internet and phone signals, AND 65 miles of arduous backpacking in mountains...
The truth can set you free — or put your long-term care facility out of business
By
John O'Connor
Jan 11, 2013
Journalists generally get all warm and tingly when previously guarded information becomes available. It must be in our DNA. So I should probably be cheering ProPublica’s announcement that the government...
Of admissions, knitting and bandwagons: CLASS danger
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 23, 2011
Supporters of the CLASS Act were cringing this week, just as they were two weeks ago when McKnight’s reported on some loaded remarks from the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid top overseer.
Keeping residents safe with disaster preparedness plans
By
Michael Bugenhagen
Jul 02, 2018
Last year, the nation watched as Hurricane Harvey dumped torrential rainfall across the south, leaving homes and businesses in shambles.
Louisville leads the way in aging care innovation
By
Paul J. Diaz, Ralph G. Gronefeld Jr., Pat Mulloy, E. Joseph Steier III
Sep 10, 2012
We are at the forefront of how to grow long-term wellness and aging care services.
The power of ‘in the moment’ feedback
By
Neil Gulsvig
Jan 09, 2015
As we look to the third driver, the “in the moment” patient feedback, I want to start by looking at the patient experience and understanding that it is an interaction between an organization...
Team building is easier than you think
By
Julie Osborne
Jul 12, 2018
“Team building is the process of turning a group of individual employees into…a group of people organized to work together interdependently and cooperatively to meet the needs of their customers,”...
Message from the White House: Don’t trust nursing homes
By
John O'Connor
Mar 08, 2013
Ever wonder how much regard the White House has for long-term care operators? A brief filed last week makes the answer abundantly clear: very little.