The Editor’s Desk: A proud moment for the nation’s nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2010
On April 20, top management from the Covenant Care nursing facility were in Washington to become the first healthcare provider of any type to win the Better Business Bureau International Torch Award for...
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.
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.
Editor’s Desk: It’s been a big year (even without healthcare system reform)
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2009
You better believe healthcare reform would be important to the long-term care community, no matter how many or few times the phrase “long-term care” might actually appear in any Congressional...
Editor’s Desk: A proposal that could hit you like an (I)MAC truck
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2009
We can forgive providers if they sense a bit of vertigo coming on. When legislators look to give back power, up truly must seem like down and down seem like up.
Editor’s Desk: Competing interests may foil plans for true reform
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2009
I thought of the parable of the rabbit and the snake when contemplating the flurry of healthcare reform banter taking place before U.S. lawmakers’ August recess.
Editor’s Desk: More ‘optional’ guidance: If they ask, you’ll provide
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 01, 2009
If there were ever any doubts that the “culture change” we’ve all heard so much about in recent years was really going to take hold, it’s time to put them to rest.
Editor’s Desk: A cash incentive test program for nursing homes in four states could shape your...
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2009
Little things like pirates taking Americans hostage off the coast of Africa, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the credit and housing markets crises have knocked long-term care out of the evening newscast,...
What will your record be after the storm clears?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2009
Even unusually snowy, bitter days, or torrential rains, or choking drought conditions will end eventually. That is how I feel about current economic conditions.
Ready or not, here come the federal star ratings
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 01, 2008
The era of the venerated five-star nursing home could be just around the corner. Then again, it might not.