In long-term care, the choice is simple. Maybe too simple.
By
John O'Connor
Jan 27, 2020
Many skilled care operators are in Model T mode. Unfortunately.
The mess that is long-term care funding
By
John O'Connor
Mar 20, 2015
In some ways, my parents did their children a great favor by dying early.
Of arbitration victories and payback
By
John O'Connor
Jun 12, 2017
In a year already chock full of regulatory victories, last week’s development about arbitration clauses might turn out to be the best of the bunch. But …
It’s time to take sides about Obamacare’s future
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2017
Tuesday’s statement from the American Health Care Association on Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare was striking. There was no walking a tightrope or mealy-mouthed ambiguity...
Change is coming: what to expect from Verma’s CMS
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Feb 14, 2017
With former Georgia Congressman Tom Price confirmed as the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services, it’s time to turn the focus on the person picked by President Donald Trump to helm...
Some poignant observations about life (and death) in nursing homes
By
John O'Connor
Mar 21, 2016
Despite Stephen Covey’s warning, most of us are ruled by the tyranny of the urgent.
For some providers, climate bill is full of hot air
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2022
Well it looks like Congressional Democrats may finally get the climate change bill they’ve been chasing for more than a decade. Hooray?
The ‘fake news’ problem is all too real. But probably not as you imagine.
By
John O'Connor
Jul 16, 2018
We seem to breeding unprecedented numbers of self-righteous experts armed with warped perspectives. That’s where “fake news” is doing its real damage. And by all accounts, things are...
How not to learn from a nursing home tragedy
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2018
Let’s be clear: A tragedy last year wasn’t a once-in-a-century outlier. It was a disaster waiting to happen.
Time to start clowning around
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Aug 24, 2016
I like the occasional clown — as long as they’re where they’re supposed to be. But when they’re not? Downright terrifying. Then came this new nursing home study to put that line of...