3 value-based purchasing strategies to help you get ahead
Long-term care providers have a stronger hook than they probably realize regarding the toughening of penalties for hospitals with high readmission rates.
Transitioning from assisted living to a skilled nursing facility
We appreciate the opportunity to be part of a transition team approach with the skilled nursing facility when patients are discharged home. The technologies available can reduce anxiety for both families...
When a provider gets caught in a web: The Cochran photo affair
The list of losers in this week’s sensational story about photos secretly being shot of a U.S. Senator’s Alzheimer’s-afflicted wife, is large. A long-term care operator is just hoping...
Are standardized assessment tools our future?
With therapy documentation being put under the microscope more than ever, you would be wise to make sure standardized assessment tools are at your fingertips. Unbiased views of data and outcomes information...
Fike 2.0: How national tragedy created a long-term care champion
Last week, President Obama dedicated the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City. The occasion got me thinking about how the searing experience instilled in some survivors a fierce sense of mission. Katy...
Alzheimer’s caregiving: The new normal
I dealt first with my wife’s Alzheimer’s as a 24/7 caregiver at home, and now as a part-time caregiver and full-time advocate since her placement in the dementia wing of an assisted living...
The countdown is on for the ACA Employer Mandate
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is law. And, for employers with 100 or more full time equivalent employees (FTE), the employer mandate is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2015. With the deadline for...
Kindred bid shows that not all the fishing will be taking place upstream
Some might wonder why a skilled care giant like Kindred Healthcare would launch a $533 million hostile takeover bid of home-health provider Gentiva. The real question should be why such efforts haven’t...
Graham begins at Lancaster Pollard
Lancaster Pollard has hired Stephen F. Graham as managing director of the firm’s mergers and acquisitions services. Graham will lead a national effort to expand the firm’s sell-side and buy-side...
Wooten promoted at Ashby Ponds
Kera Wooten has been promoted to Director of Dining Services at Ashby Ponds, a retirement community managed by Erickson Living. Wooten has worked with Erickson Living in a variety of capacities for nearly...
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