Mick Vujanović believes that a lesson in company priorities should include a bit of fun. To that end, the CEO of ClearView Healthcare Management recently planned an important visit at one of the company’s...
Breaking down the therapy changes
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Nov 08, 2021
Proposed rules almost always become final rules. On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (after threatening for four years) finalized the 15% payment reduction for outpatient...
The PBJ quality quest
By
Don Feige
Jul 27, 2018
Not only is PBJ here to stay, the quest for staffing quality is ongoing – and no longer just an annual event during survey.
Surefire warning signs that you’re living a long-term care nightmare
By
Gary Tetz
May 03, 2018
Have you ever had a long-term care nightmare? Not the waking kind, where some horrifying facility crisis leaves you muttering, “This is a nightmare.” I’m talking about a real one, the...
McLaughlin named board chair at United Hebrew of New Rochelle
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 21, 2020
Rosemary McLaughlin, a senior vice president with Signature Bank, has been named chair of United Hebrew of New Rochelle’s board of directors. In her new role, McLaughlin will help to ensure the organization’s...
McKnight’s Online Expo kicks off next week with new coronavirus session
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2020
The 14th Annual McKnight’s Online Expo kicks off Wednesday and will feature an expanded format that now includes a webinar on the latest on coronavirus.
McKnight’s Online Expo begins in one week
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 20, 2019
The long-term care industry’s only virtual trade show is one week away, with organizers expecting this to be the best-attended offering in its 13-year history. Final preparations are well underway for...
Doctors fail to expose incompetent peers, survey finds
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 06, 2007
Doctors protect other doctors – even when they do wrong. That’s the conclusion of a study that found that nearly half of U.S. physicians do not report medical incompetence and mistakes by peers.
Long-term care leaders criticize Washington Post article on reimbursements
Mar 31, 2010
A recent Washington Post analysis of the use of “ultra-high” reimbursement categories for nursing homes “paints a negative, incomplete picture of the growing role and tangible benefits...
Mentorship, lifting up and soaking in
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 14, 2019
Who has mentored and inspired you? What have you done to return the favor downstream? Here’s my story.