In particular, SNFs must make sure the right personnel mix of healthcare and business expertise exists, especially as doctors become de facto insurance administrators.
Post-acute facilities must start acting like businesses
By
Betsy Rust
Aug 14, 2016
Fading fast are the days of post-acute healthcare providers viewing patients as their primary customers.
Three stars will be the new one star
By
Betsy Rust
Dec 07, 2016
Nursing home operators call it low occupancy. Medicare insiders call it a declining census. Economists call it excess capacity.
Payroll-Based Journal Reporting system should lose a star
By
Betsy Rust
Dec 28, 2015
Nursing homes may have difficulty determining what constitutes payroll and staffing data.
How SNFs are cutting costs without cutting back on care
By
Betsy Rust
Jun 29, 2018
As if managing the health of patients wasn’t difficult and time-consuming enough, skilled nursing facilities now have to do more to manage their increasingly complex businesses as well.