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CMS releases additional direction on transferring, discharging coronavirus residents
By
Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Apr 14, 2020
Certified long-term care facilities looking to transfer or discharge residents between themselves for the purposes of cohorting do not need additional approval to do so, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Editor’s desk — McKnight’s named best in nation
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 13, 2005
When quality comes first, others recognize it, too.
You have to like what you do to be of the best benefit to your employer, clients and, perhaps most of all, yourself.
Section G removed in new draft version of 2020 MDS item sets
By
Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Dec 22, 2019
Experts and providers currently are evaluating the latest draft version of the 2020 MDS item sets (v1.18.0) following an unexpected announcement Friday from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Medicaid clout hits new heights in skilled nursing as labor costs continue to drag
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 11, 2019
Occupancy rates may have stabilized, but skilled nursing providers’ dependence on low-paying Medicaid funding grew during the third quarter, according to figures released Wednesday by the National Investment...
Meet Cynthia Morton, Hall of Honor inductee
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 20, 2020
Editor’s Note: We are profiling the McKnight’s 2020 Women of Distinction honorees daily through the program’s July 28 online awards ceremony. To register or learn more about this digital celebration,...
Private equity investment ‘powder keg’ should be banned in nursing homes, Congress advised
By
James M. Berklan
May 03, 2021
A “worrisome trend” of private equity investment in nursing homes should be scrutinized and halted altogether within five years, asserts a left-leaning think tank in an issue brief released Friday.
White House creates national nursing home safety panel, will deliver 2 weeks’ worth of PPE to every...
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 30, 2020
President Trump and Seema Verma (left) announced the formation of a nursing home task force Thursday afternoon.
National Emergency will end early. What that means for providers
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 31, 2023
This week’s congressional vote to end the National Emergency designation early left providers uncertain.
BREAKING: Feds expand COVID vaccine mandate to all healthcare workers
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 09, 2021
Staff in all Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities will soon be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday afternoon.