After months of begging, bribing and now breakthroughs, we need a little tough love
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 28, 2021
More providers are deciding that possibly losing employees willing to risk their own health and that of others isn’t truly a losing scenario.
This year they’ll give you something to cry about
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2023
The holidays are here, and that means it’s time for the second-best advertising season of the year. Yes, I know it’s all consumerism designed to make me spend my hard-earned money, but I can’t help...
Another week, more Medicare dis-Advantages
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 22, 2023
It’s starting to feel like every week brings another reason to begrudge Medicare Advantage plans their market-dominating growth.
What exactly are we waiting to see? It’s time to act on mandates
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 14, 2021
As a coalition of long-term care medical and infectious disease experts Tuesday called on healthcare facilities to require COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment, I couldn’t help but think of...
A telehealth novice no more
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 25, 2021
This week, I had the pleasure of meeting a new doctor who’ll be helping one of my kids navigate a chronic condition. I sat in my office, not hers, on a comfy chair I dragged in from the kitchen. My daughter...
A vaccine pause and an impending crack
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 14, 2021
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about trust over the last week or so, especially after reading a real pick-me-up in the Washington Post about how the pandemic will lead to the splintering of societies....
Amid cacophony of action, some happy noise on Medicare Advantage
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 08, 2023
CHICAGO — I was drawn into the provider payment conversation early and often at the LeadingAge conference here this week, but the tone wasn’t quite what I expected. After years of dark messaging on...
The anti-vaccine victory tour of 2021
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2021
When news broke this week regarding the first injunction against the federal vaccine requirement for healthcare workers, I’ll admit I was surprised that a court found enough merit in the challenging...
A new perspective on age-old, old-age issues
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2021
For nearly a decade, my freelance writing career included plenty of articles about chronic wounds, payment reform and pretty much anything else skilled-nursing related. Surely, I thought, I’d mastered...