Federal regulators lowered the boom on the former owner of several nursing homes after an iPhone containing the medical records of more than 400 residents was stolen.
Nursing homes face barrage of penalties if vaccination reporting doesn’t pick up fast
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 11, 2021
Nursing homes will need to make major progress on resident and staff vaccine reporting to avoid penalties, if data released Thursday is any indication.
Case for bundled pay made
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2013
Large-scale bundling of government reimbursements is needed, say researchers who have studied the topic. Post-acute care was the fastest growing major healthcare spending category for government programs...
Editor’s Desk: Some of this reform stuff will be tough to swallow
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2010
Some things are incomprehensible in their entirety. That is my initial thought as I write on the day President Obama signed historic healthcare reform into law.
LeadingAge, ACHCA host big meetings
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 14, 2019
LeadingAge is hosting its annual spring meeting Sunday through Wednesday in the nation’s capital and the American College of Health Care Administrators is holding annual convocation and expo the...
CMS proposes 2.3% boost for 2021 Medicare pay rate
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2020
Nursing home providers were pleased to learn in mid-April about a proposed 2.3% Medicare pay hike for fiscal 2021.
The McKnight’s Power Panel “Preparing for business after the main COVID-19 storm” starts at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday (May 5). Registration is free.
CMS to address nursing home reforms on Thursday call
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 04, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold its next National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call at 3 p.m. ET Thursday (March 10). The agenda figures to be loaded.
OIG finds ‘observation stay’ problems, calls for reform
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2013
Long-term care groups are among those hailing a federal study that raises critical questions about hospitals’ apparent over-use of “observation stay” designations for patients.
Editor’s Desk: Out of ashes of despair an opportunity may rise
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 11, 2007
Some of the greatest success stories emanate from some of the least likely places: bleak situations, unflattering news developments and seemingly indefensible, incomprehensible acts.