‘Sky is the limit’ for health information networks’ SNF insights
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2024
An expanding health information exchange connecting 71 hospitals and nearly 600 post-acute providers in New Jersey is exceeding expectations and providing staffing insights not necessarily envisioned when...
NIC spring conference registration underway
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 19, 2024
Registration for the NIC spring conference taking place March 5-7 in Dallas is underway.
McKnight’s Spring Online Expo
Mar 27, 2024
March 27th at 10:30am ET
Outlook 2024: On staffing, operators say they’ll ‘find a way’ but agency boom, admission restrictions...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2024
More than half — 55% — of skilled nursing leaders say they would need to hire more agency staff if a proposed federal staffing mandate is enacted. That’s just one finding from the McKnight’s 2024...
Start the year smiling
By
Julie Thorson
Jan 03, 2024
Let’s start the year boldly! I, Julie Thorson, the top expert in nothing and a leader who still has a lot to learn, declare 2024 the year of smiles. Not “pleasant, I look nice on LinkedIn”...
After 17 successful years, provider expands CNA training program to competing nursing homes
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 03, 2024
As the need to attract new staff into the flagging long-term care workforce intensifies, one provider’s successful career program is expanding its scope to help in-state competitors.
Labor activity in long-term care may be poised for ‘enormous’ growth in 2024
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 21, 2023
Heightened union activity frequently made headlines this year, including among healthcare workers who loudly raised concerns about pay and staffing.
Clydesdales bring Christmas cheer and carriage rides to nursing home residents, families
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 20, 2023
Christmas came early for Garden Gate Nursing Home residents in the form of holiday carriage rides led by two distinguished Clydesdales.
An insider’s guide to managed care contract exclusions
By
Susie Mix
Dec 18, 2023
There’s a key question more providers need to know the answer to: What is a contract exclusion? A contract exclusion details the medications and treatments that are not included in the levels of a managed...
Easy to implement infection prevention and control strategies during the holidays in LTC facilities
By
Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, DrPH, CIC
Dec 12, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services released a report in January of this year showing that more than 1,000 long-term care facilities in the United States had COVID-19 infection rates of 75% or...