There are many reasons for labor shortage problems, but one can’t be escaped: You better be prepared to pay market-rate wages.
Long-term care insurance’s uphill battle
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 11, 2013
What the long-term care insurance market could use right now is a healthy dose of capitalism. It ain’t gonna happen.
Long-term care reform may have to wait
By
Liza Berger
Jun 04, 2009
There was no battle cry. No calls to storm the halls of Congress. Instead the message at the American Health Care Association’s two-day Congressional Briefing was subtle: You can ask lawmakers...
CMS’s confusing kick in the teeth
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 23, 2015
One gets the feeling that federal regulators, no matter how proper the official talk went, took a bit of pleasure in sticking it to nursing home operators over rebasing their star ratings the past week...
The DOL sure didn’t work overtime on this
By
John O'Connor
Apr 28, 2024
Ever notice how our regulatory agencies seem to keep turning good intentions into lousy directives?
Bigger is better, 2.0?
By
John O'Connor
Mar 18, 2024
PACS Group has been turning a lot of heads in the skilled care space lately. Few players have grown so quickly.
Can’t figure out how to pay $15 an hour? How does $25 sound?
By
John O'Connor
Sep 29, 2019
A new Priceonomics report strongly suggests that if keeping the employees worth keeping is a priority, it may take closer to $25 an hour to get the job done.
Tackling resident-on-resident abuse
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 09, 2013
While at a post office recently, I watched a woman cut in line to demand the clerk fix the automated posting machine. A fight broke out between her and the man at the front of the line: Voices were raised,...
Nursing homes catching a break? What do you think?
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 05, 2018
When stuff hits the fan, it’s often all a matter of perspective. That’s the pickle nursing homes find themselves in today.
Hollywood rescues long-term care
By
Mary Gustafson
Oct 18, 2012
I’m being completely honest when I say that, in general, I do not have a problem with celebrities who crusade for charitable and humanitarian causes. I really don’t — Angelina Jolie, Sean...