I think it’s important that we recognize the impact COVID has had on our staff — and in some cases, recognize the damage it has done. Our staff are experiencing dissatisfaction and disconnection at...
Wooing a mix of workers to manage senior living shifts
By
Michelle Clark
Oct 17, 2018
The senior living sector is facing the inevitability of massive changes in its business model. A big part of providers’ ability to successfully meet the challenge will hinge on how well they are able...
Profile: Frank Grosso
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 05, 2017
A chance conversation with a pharmacist changed Frank Grosso’s life.
More long-term care operators feel pulled away from their day jobs
By
John O'Connor
Oct 10, 2014
There is no denying that change is in the air. And I’m not just referring to yesterday’s agreement that makes Kindred one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute and home care...
The impact of MDS 3.0 on long-term care software systems
By
John LoConte
Sep 24, 2009
Several long-term care facilities will have to change their software to accommodate the upcoming MDS 3.0. Finding a “match” in regards to software and developer are essential.
Florida legislators want a closer look at nursing homes’ financials
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 13, 2022
Florida nursing homes may soon be required to submit audited financial data to state healthcare regulators.
Meet Gail Spencer, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 27, 2021
Gail Spencer, Executive Director, Promenade at Chestnut Ridge, Chestnut Ridge, NY, is in the class of 2021 Mcknight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP honoree.
OIG report questions $6.7B in ‘inflated’ MA payments to health insurers
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 12, 2019
A federal watchdog agency is raising concerns that health insurers that sell Medicare Advantage plans are using chart reviews to make seniors appear sicker than they are in order to inflate risk adjustment...
PDPM and the tug of irrational exuberance
By
John O'Connor
Nov 24, 2019
By most accounts, providers seem generally happy with the new Medicare system for classifying residents and payments.
Things I Think: Champions of change
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 02, 2018
In long-term care, massive change is always afoot. Whatever was true 20 minutes ago isn’t anymore, and the new normal will be an unrecognizable stranger by nightfall. But there’s one thing that hasn’t...