When a provider gets caught in a web: The Cochran photo affair
By
James M. Berklan
May 21, 2014
The list of losers in this week’s sensational story about photos secretly being shot of a U.S. Senator’s Alzheimer’s-afflicted wife, is large. A long-term care operator is just hoping...
Insurance, the elderly and what to do next
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 11, 2013
No sane person can criticize someone who admits being confused about how medical insurance should be funded, especially for seniors. Last week, a pair of innocently juxtaposed stories highlighted the struggle...
Some of the extras seem to be going off the script
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2011
For anyone who thinks most of the good scripts are in Hollywood, I say look east. The nation’s capital can more than hold its own when it comes to creating story lines that are interesting and unpredictable.
AAHSA Chief Renews Call For Nursing Care Documentation
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2007
While many providers reacted angrily to a New York Times investigation into nurse staffing levels at equity-owned nursing homes, the leader of the nation’s second-largest nursing home association...
Staffing totals don’t add up
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2018
Nursing homes were placed under a hot spotlight in mid-July after The New York Times ran a lengthy story criticizing fluctuations and apparent understaffing revealed through a new federal data collection...
Your greatest staff-training tool could be a threat
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 15, 2018
I’ve wanted to write a follow-up blog ever since a late June news story in the Daily Update. In my opinion, there has been no better example of a useful article for long-term care providers anywhere,...
See the future. Make the future. McKnight’s Outlook 2024 survey now needs your insight
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 15, 2023
It takes just a handful of mouse-clicks to take the 2024 McKnight’s Annual Outlook survey. It’s free, it’s anonymous and it will not only lead to story coverage in the week ahead, it will...
McKnight’s ‘Mood of the Market’ survey needs your thoughts
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 28, 2023
Responses are now being collected for the 2023 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey, the unique, award-winning project that gauges the feelings of top long-term care managers. Skilled nursing owners,...
Profile — One cool customer: Sen. Herbert H. Kohl, Chairman, Senate Committee on Aging
By
James M. Berklan
May 09, 2007
Leaders of the Senate Special Committee on Aging have been known to bring havoc and pain to nursing home operators. They call hearings on touchy subjects, grandstand and seek their next rung on a career...
‘Secret’ report alleges massive ASC fraud had 20 more co-conspirators, $20 million more in losses
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 10, 2020
One of the largest nursing home-related fraud stories of the last decade, involved the top executive of Indiana’s largest publicly owned SNF company, American Senior Communities, and four others being...