Registration for 13th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo heats up
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 21, 2019
The 13th annual spring McKnight’s Online Expo has experienced brisk registration, and the event is still more than four weeks away.
Labor, business gird for card-check fight
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2009
Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress introduced union-friendly card-check bills in early March, setting off a war of words that is likely to continue during the months ahead.
Ice buckets, fund-raising and long-term care
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 28, 2014
Whoever dreamed up the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge should be given a medal — and immediately hired to speak at the next long-term care association conference. Such creativity and that kind of Midas touch...
BREAKING NEWS: New federal nursing home commission members named
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 19, 2020
Top leaders in the long-term care industry lead the names announced Friday as members of the White House’s new Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes.
Your time is up: McKnight’s Tech Awards final deadline is today
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 27, 2018
OK, we really mean it this time. After a week’s extension due to excessive demand, today is the final deadline for entries for the 2018 McKnight’s Tech Awards program. Submissions must be made...
New long-term care nursing group to debut in 2016
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 09, 2015
Leaders of an association for nurse assessment coordinators have announced they will be rolling out a new organization for long-term care directors of nursing in 2016. A “soft” opening will...
Provider: Judge improperly prodded $14 million award
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2014
Representatives of a now-defunct Massachusetts nursing home say they will appeal a jury’s $14 million award to the family of a former resident who died in 2008, partly because they feel a judge inappropriately...
McKnight’s wins two ASBPE awards
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2013
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News has earned two 2013 American Society of Business Publication Editors awards, one each on the national and regional levels.
PDPM effects will be known in six weeks
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 17, 2019
It should take only about 50 days to clearly understand the ramifications of nursing homes’ new Patient-Driven Payment Model, a top provider leader said. “We’re going to know five or six weeks into...
Get ready. The club is ready to grow again
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 12, 2021
It’s back. Not flu season, not the dreaded survey team, not the freezing temperatures if you live far enough north.