Could things get any gloomier? I hate to be a pessimist, but when you look at the landscape–from Medicare and Medicaid cuts to the shortcomings of the Five-Star Quality Rating System–the hits...
Preparing for value-based care: Questions for every SNF
By
Richard Royer
Jun 22, 2016
Next year the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin creating the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program (SNFVBP) that is scheduled to be launched in 2019.
Healthcare reform is still alive
By
Liza Berger
Feb 22, 2010
The release of President Obama’s healthcare reform proposal couldn’t have come at a better time. The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging is holding its advocacy conference...
Keep your staff informed
By
Kristy Wikum
May 14, 2015
The main barrier we all face is how we communicate with and educate our population, which means providing good information to both providers and consumers.
The odds of healthcare reform surviving are …
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 20, 2012
I wonder what the bookies in London are thinking about the odds of the U.S. healthcare reform law surviving. Surely they have taken bets on its possible demise, just as they do seemingly everything else...
Caring for a senior after hip replacement surgery
By
Michelle Y. Llamas
Dec 07, 2012
In the United States, nearly half a million hip replacement surgeries are performed every year because of trauma and various forms of arthritis. These conditions tend to affect older adults, and as a long-term...
Will governors ride to providers’ rescue?
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 03, 2017
Now that the U.S. Senate has apparently decided to make healthcare somebody else’s problem, I suggest keeping an eye on another pack of politicians: the governors.
Getting to gold
By
Erin Fromwiller
Oct 05, 2016
APRC has always focused on quality improvement; it’s part of our culture.
The healthcare reform roller coaster
By
Liza Berger
Mar 16, 2010
This week and next will largely determine the fate of healthcare reform. Of course, we in the media have been offering variations on that theme a lot during the past year.
Employee engagement: Bringing head and heart to every action, every day
By
Martie Moore
Nov 29, 2017
I shared with the charge nurse my inner joy about filling all our staffing holes completely. She looked at the schedule and mumbled, “Great — you have scheduled nothing but Refrigerator Nurses.”