Regaining an appreciation of prevention
Healthcare is mandated to reduce spending. The problem is that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and others are so blinded by the “reduce spending” element that we have lost our...
Healthcare is mandated to reduce spending. The problem is that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and others are so blinded by the “reduce spending” element that we have lost our...
Believe it or not, looks do matter — at least when it comes to rehabilitation centers. The look and feel of a patient’s environment has a clearly established effect on how quickly and how well...
The day I met Mrs. Bartlett at my hospital, she was an 89-year-old long-stay nursing home resident with moderate-to-severe dementia who was being transferred to my hospitalist service for shortness of...
If there’s one thing long-time political observers can tell you with certainty, it is this: You can make friends when you pass laws, but you rarely do when you propose a budget.
If we address new residents’ hidden concerns, we can better show them we understand and care about how they feel. We can enhance their experiences upon entering our organizations and can market our...
A clean floor is likely to go unnoticed. But when it’s not clean, it reflects negatively on your overall reputation.
Lancaster Pollard has hired Doug Korey as president of its recently launched finance company, Lancaster Pollard Finance Co. LLC.
I first heard, “it is what it is” from a tough-as-nails corporate nurse in a meeting held some 13 years ago. The reality was that we did not have a lot of room to negotiate the terms of whatever...
Conventional wisdom tells us that many existing options will not cut it as more discriminating customers arrive in long-term care. But maybe it’s also time for operators to start giving more thought...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Bundled Payment for Care Improvement program is well underway with hundreds of providers already in the risk-bearing phase and thousands more in the midst of...