Videos from AHCA show now available on McKnights.com
Oct 13, 2008
The editorial staff of McKnight’s recently talked to key nursing home industry leaders at the American Health Care Association’s annual conference in Nashville. Video interviews with Bruce...
Focus on long-stay rates
By
Steven Littlehale
Sep 04, 2015
By now, everyone has heard the resounding drumbeat of 30-day rehospitalization rates. What is yours? Are you improving? Are you using the National Quality Forum’s endorsed method for calculating?
Providers push feds for more support in hiring foreign workers amid workforce crisis
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 16, 2022
Amid an ongoing push for legislative fixes that could make more immigrants to hire, the nation’s two largest nursing home associations are pursuing a regulatory course too.
Demand for I-SNP coverage drives Longevity’s growth
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2022
Explosive growth for Longevity Health Plan’s I-SNPs underscores skilled nursing providers’ increasing willingness to partner for patient care, especially if partners add clinical capabilities and...
New short-cycle law: Is it worth the pain?
By
John Andrews
Feb 01, 2011
Long-term care pharmacists will have to adjust to shorter dispensation cycles
CMS employee vaccination mandate could be unveiled today
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2021
Long-term care operators may learn details of a new federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers as early as today.
OK nursing home worker threatened to behead colleague in a terrorist act, authorities say
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 30, 2014
Police in Oklahoma City have arrested a nursing home worker who allegedly threatened to behead another staff member out of solidarity with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to news sources.
Closure plans filed for one-fourth of unique specialty care provider’s facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 05, 2022
After months of “sounding the alarm,” Pennsylvania’s long-term care industry will be losing one of just four facilities that provide specialized care. Officials have filed closure plans with the...
Ask the Nursing Expert about … going alarm-free
By
Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Jan 08, 2018
Our facility is trying to go alarm-free, but some staff are reluctant to stop using alarms. Any suggestions?
GoldenLiving Center chooses Reliant Home Choice
Apr 21, 2015
GoldenLiving Center – Dunwoody has chosen Reliant Home Choice for on-site dialysis.