House report attacks, nursing homes fight back over allegations of deficient staffing, care and safe...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 22, 2022
Congressional investigators pinned for-profit skilled nursing operators into a corner Wednesday, releasing a scathing report describing “dire” conditions caused by alleged lack of preparation and mismanagement...
Providers gain needed allies against automatic nurse-aide training lockouts
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 15, 2022
Wednesday was a good day for nursing home operators and others opposed to nurse-aide training lockouts triggered automatically by high federal fines.
National Workforce Development Month underway
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 02, 2022
A month-long special campaign to bolster the long-term care workforce began Thursday and will extend through the rest of September.
Do your patients have ‘a right to fall’?
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2022
It doesn’t take a professional caregiver to tell you that the thought of an older, frail person falling is the stuff of nightmares.
Parkinson: ‘2023 is going to be a tough year’
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 31, 2022
Long-term care leaders are eyeing the next 18 months warily, despite recent victories in the form of better-than-expected Medicare reimbursements for fiscal 2023 and Monday’s partial reprieve on emergency...
BREAKING: CMS granting more nurse aide training flexibility
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 30, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised guidance for a temporary nurse aide training program that has threatened many individuals’ ability to come into compliance by an Oct. 7 deadline.
It’s not news until they decide it is
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 11, 2022
It may be news to some, but this is at least one way nursing homes are way ahead of their acute-care big brothers.
Judgment of COVID-19 lockdown effects delirious in its own right?
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 21, 2022
Is it fair to judge the COVID-19 lockdown by the effects of only its first two months? Some people seem to think so.
CMS doubles down: Surveyors do not have to be COVID vaccinated
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 07, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has held audiences with skilled nursing providers, made presentations and entertained comments in recent months to assure operators that regulatory actions...
It’s a month for fireworks, especially for long-term care
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 30, 2022
This year, more than ever, you can call July a time for heightened fireworks anxiety — especially for nursing home operators.