Outcome assessment should be seen as a tool for change management and will likely become the new standard for assessing resident care under the Affordable Care Act.
The odds of healthcare reform surviving are …
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 20, 2012
I wonder what the bookies in London are thinking about the odds of the U.S. healthcare reform law surviving. Surely they have taken bets on its possible demise, just as they do seemingly everything else...
Giving an ear to healthcare reform debate
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 28, 2012
Did you know you can download audio recordings of all oral arguments heard by the Supreme Court of the United States? I didn’t, and I haven’t been this excited since stumbling across all those...
April 24 webcast on ACA and ‘smart workforce strategies’ now available in archive
Apr 20, 2013
The implications of the Affordable Care Act and what providers should be doing about it were the focus of a free McKnight’s webcast April 24. Led by legal veteran Janet K. Feldkamp, of Benesch Friedlander...
What to do about the Affordable Care Act, its employer mandate, the topic of McKnight’s July 30...
Jul 15, 2013
Go beyond the basics of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate and hear at a July 30 McKnight’s webcast from a national expert on healthcare reform and policy to understand how it will...
The real key to keeping employees well
By
John O'Connor
May 20, 2013
Many long-term care operators have begun to put wellness programs in place. And by most accounts, they seem to be working out well so far. But do wellness programs really work? The short answer appears...
What the healthcare reform numbers now tell us
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 25, 2012
It’s really true: There are lies, damn lies and … Congressional Budget Office estimates.
What the healthcare reform numbers now tell us
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 25, 2012
It’s really true: There are lies, damn lies and … Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Long-term care financing reform – progress is possible
By
Brian D. Ellsworth and Arthur Y. Webb
Nov 13, 2013
When the federal Commission on Long-term Care issued its report last month, there was a sense of déjà vu all over again. Sixteen years ago, in New York State, we were staff person and task force member,...
CMS wants to know how you make things better
By
John O'Connor
Jul 06, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may be asking you for help this summer. It might behoove you to sit up and take notice.