MedPAC recommendation of 0% pay increase for 2012 leaves long-term care providers fuming
Mar 16, 2011
Long-term care groups on Tuesday strongly criticized the latest round of recommendations to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
Nursing homes see red over Bush proposal to cut $10 billion in Medicare payments
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Haymarket Media
Feb 07, 2007
Providers continued to express outrage Tuesday over President Bush’s 2008 budget proposal, which entails cutting $39.5 billion in annual inflation adjustments for Medicare reimbursements to nursing...
PA voters want home-health workers held to higher standards
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 04, 2004
Nearly 9 in 10 Pennsylvania voters polled said that home-healthcare workers should be required to have the same training and education requirements nursing home employees do.
Our duty to remain curious
By
Julie Thorson
Dec 07, 2022
As we close out 2022, I find myself reflecting on what progress I have made, if any, with strengthening my curiosity in leadership. I started the year with a focus on curiosity. I end the year with more...
Long-term care providers clamor for innovation to avert closing shop
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2024
Among struggling nursing homes, the share of facilities closing jumped significantly during the main pandemic years, even as the percent selling to for-profit organizations declined.
60 Seconds with April Doremus
By
Mallory Hackett
Jul 17, 2019
Q: How have you increased employee engagement at Villa Healthcare? A:I helped start a service excellence program called B.E.T.T.E.R. that holds both residents and employees as equals to help foster a better...
C. diff and related deaths far more prevalent than government data suggests: report
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 16, 2012
Clostridium difficile transmission and mortality rates are far higher in nursing homes and other healthcare settings than the most recent government statistics suggest, an investigation has found.
Fear, loathing – and respect – for Bush budget
Feb 06, 2008
The healthcare provider community continued to pile on the Bush budget proposal Tuesday, while also impressing upon followers a reason to take it seriously.
The MDS reminds me of something in Narnia?
By
Joel VanEaton
May 16, 2023
I am a fan of C.S. Lewis. If you have not read “The Chronicles of Narnia,” you should. You may have seen the more recent three films based on these books. As good as they were, as is usually the case,...
A mantra in wake of coronavirus: Stay home and save a life
By
Michael Wasserman
Mar 11, 2020
The year was 1985. I was an intern in the cardiac intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. A man who was the well-known voice for several animated television characters was laying on a gurney....