BREAKING: CMS final rule allows arbitration agreements, proposes one-year delay of 3rd phase of Requirements...
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 16, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medication Services dropped a pair of bombshell announcements concerning nursing homes late Tuesday afternoon, including a proposal to partially delay implementation of phase...
More changes ahead for the current ratings system: feds
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 06, 2015
Staffing and retention rates are expected to be added to the Nursing Home Compare website in 2016.
A ‘special’ feeling that no provider wants to have
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2014
As spring blends into summer, some nursing home operators are going to start feeling more heat. The federal government is moving to reclaim some form of “normalcy” after sequestration cuts...
Jimmo ‘victory’ not as good as first appeared?
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2016
Long-term care providers and consumer advocates were able to celebrate a rare common victory over federal regulators in mid-August.
SNFs earn $523M more
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2021
About 9,200 nursing homes — or more than two-thirds of those eligible — shared incentive payments recently for successfully reducing COVID-related infections and deaths between September and October.
Competency Final Rule elements in focus at March 26 webinar
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 16, 2020
“Competency is Critical … 2.0” is the title of a March 26 webinar that will help providers on their way to better care and compliance with nursing homes’ Final Rule. The hour long session will...
CMS official to providers: Help us capture data to drive Medicare Advantage reforms
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 07, 2024
The increased use of health data and providers’ own voices should be considered among the best tools available for achieving change in a system that increasingly relies on Medicaid Advantage and other...
Annual CNA conference gears up for Little Rock
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2019
The National Association of Health Care Assistants will hold its annual conference, CNA Fest 2019, August 28 and 29, in Little Rock, AR.
Editor’s Desk | Nursing homes and the welcoming of reforms
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2022
With Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine and President Biden’s new push for nursing home reforms, we’ve been reminded that history-defining moments do not always qualify as “great.”
Tort reform still a pipe dream for providers
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 10, 2011
The news hit pretty broadly this week that a House committee was taking another swing at molding a tort reform bill. We at McKnight’s, and many others, dutifully gave it a decent airing. Unfortunately,...