Lost in the year-end shuffle was nursing home operators’ most optimistic story of 2013: The public has an all-time high opinion of you.
Editor’s desk: CMS boss likely to take one for the (other) team
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2011
The saga of Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken a number of interesting, if not sadly predictable, turns lately. Opponents of his patron, President...
Editor’s Desk: A New Year’s resolution you really should keep
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2010
McKnight’s fourth annual Online Expo is an offer you can’t refuse.
Is it the docs’ turn to get stoned?
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 25, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services brought out its equivalent of a brass band and confetti machine Tuesday to tout a new provider payment strategy. One could almost hear strains of “Happy...
LTC makes the Top 10, and figures to stay there
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2018
Recently, we were all inundated with lists of things to look for in 2018, not to mention “best of” 2017 compilations.
Love him or not, Trump could be your key man
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 06, 2016
Politics truly can make strange bedfellows. A great illustration of this could be the many nursing home operators who might think they don’t like President-elect Donald Trump but really could end...
We hate to say we told you so, but …
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 18, 2016
Take it to heart when we say that long-term care is going to be reimbursed differently in the not-too-distant future. Put off plans for it at your own peril.
McKnight’s Tech Awards here again to honor you
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2014
Hidden gems are often the best kind. They surprise us and keep us hopeful and optimistic for the future. This is how I feel about McKnight’s Technology Awards, the third annual version of which is...
Nursing home leader releases five-year plan, tells members they ‘cannot forget the vulnerable’
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 29, 2013
The leaders of the largest U.S. long-term care convention and exposition sought to inspire members at the group’s annual meeting Monday in Dallas as if they were at a “family reunion.”...
Animal protection group is preying on the elderly
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2008
Some people, and their groups, are better at furthering the art of tactless solicitation than others. For the latest case of hoof-in-mouth disease, we only have to look to our friends at People for the...