I’ve learned after many years of covering long-term care that certain things are sure to arouse providers’ anger — over regulation, under payment and reckless media accounts among them. What...
Groups to find out if Obamacare is their golden ticket
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 09, 2014
Healthcare reform — Obamacare — has stuck a lot of providers and caregivers in tough positions. Whether proponents or opponent of the watershed law, most expect rocky times, at least temporarily, are...
CMS’s confusing kick in the teeth
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 23, 2015
One gets the feeling that federal regulators, no matter how proper the official talk went, took a bit of pleasure in sticking it to nursing home operators over rebasing their star ratings the past week...
The Muhammad Ali allure
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 09, 2016
The first time I met Muhammad Ali was the most memorable. I wound up in his hotel room with a handful of others, watching him perform magic tricks as numerous jiggling young bombshells showered him with...
When online healthcare doesn’t live up to its billing
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 04, 2016
From the “What if they threw a party and nobody came?” file, new study results show that relatively few seniors are buying into the idea that digital technology can help their healthcare.
It’s not all bad news coming from MedPAC
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 19, 2014
A funny thing happened on the way to a semi-annual eye-rolling over a MedPAC report. It gave me reason to sit up with interest. Even more unlikely, it contained information that made some long-term care...
Having standards isn’t enough
By
James M. Berklan
May 20, 2015
There’s a country music song that popularly declares, “You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything.” Well, I’m here to tell you, having standards isn’t...
A jolt to long-term care best practices, amid the Ivy
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 23, 2014
This is going to sound terribly wrong on the face of it. There’s no way around it. It appears that the nation’s largest association of nursing home operators has just bought itself a whole...
The scoop on senior care leaders you need to know more about
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 02, 2019
It’s going to be a July to remember when you’re done reading about these people.
2024 eagerly awaits you, long-term care faithful
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 21, 2023
As a new year looms, we’re reminded of a pattern that becomes pretty familiar in long-term care if you’ve already seen enough calendar pages disappear.