Urgency picks up with Pinnacle Awards entry period half over
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 29, 2023
The McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards, the sector’s top recognition program for honoring long-term care industry veterans, is halfway to its Oct. 20 entry deadline.
Supreme Court denies religious challenge to NY vaccine mandate
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 14, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has said that New York can proceed with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nursing home employees and other healthcare workers even though it does not grant religious exemptions.
CMS ‘getting pretty close’ to releasing details of COVID-19 vaccination mandate
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2021
Long-term care providers and other healthcare employers remain in the dark as to what will be required with the federal government’s impending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees.
Providers get partial reprieves on 3rd phase of RoP, arbitration agreements
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 16, 2019
Long-term care providers received a pair of partial gifts from federal regulators Tuesday and leaders were correspondingly guarded about some of the potential effects. Officials proposed postponing by...
Vision Centre publishes first directory of college programs for LTC administration studies
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 29, 2023
More than 70 college and university programs offering academic studies for students interested in entering long-term care administration are featured in the first ever Vision Centre reference directory....
COVID-19 vaccinations are essentially at a standstill in U.S. nursing homes and assisted living communities due to federal officials’ call today for a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Blockbuster productions that you want no part in
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2014
With another summer of huge movies nearly behind us, it’s a good time for providers to exhale in relief. Or wonder anxiously if they have been on camera themselves. Especially if Mike DeWine would...
Editor’s Desk: An idea whose time has come for skilled nursing
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2009
The 2010 National Skilled Nursing Investment Forum is an idea that has been staring us in the face for numerous years.
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...
‘Confounded’ providers urge mandated COVID-19 testing for hospital workers, surveyors
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
Healthcare stakeholders who regularly come into contact with skilled nursing residents should be subject to COVID-19 testing mandates similar to those for nursing home employees, a prominent long-term...