Having my say: Federal funding for IT would be a solid investment
Apr 01, 2011
Ken Terry, Author of the book Rx For Health Care Reform
New site has care data: LTCfocUS.org is a care resource for nursing homes
Jan 01, 2010
The current healthcare reform debate has largely ignored nursing home care. This is due, in part, to a lack of data about how and why that care is given.
CMS’ Medicare cuts bring pain
Oct 01, 2009
Does Congress fully understand the impact that billions of dollars of funding cuts to skilled nursing facilities will have?
Cut the puppet strings
Jun 01, 2010
The current combination of recession, Medicare cuts, RUGs-IV, MDS 3.0, state budget crises, QIS, RAC, and the unknowable final shape of healthcare reform are reminiscent of the 1998 switch to a prospective...
Why managed care is good for long-term care
By
Joseph Healy
Sep 01, 2012
New York is embarking on a historic reform effort to overhaul our state’s Medicaid program — for years it has ranked among the nation’s largest and most expensive of its kind — by requiring...
Having my say: Not so fast with drugs
Apr 01, 2011
Susan Janeczko, Director of LTC Regulatory and Policy Affairs, National Community Pharmacists Association
Let’s get connected: the challenges of coordinating care
Sep 01, 2009
One of the greatest healthcare challenges today is coordinating care for patients treated in long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) settings.
An opportunity for change
Oct 01, 2008
Among issues facing the next president is an incredible opportunity to improve how we live, receive care, and pay for the quality of life we desire when we experience disability as an older or younger...
Nurses taking action: origins of the Nurse Executive Council
Oct 01, 2009
Almost a decade ago, a small group of long-term care nurse executives met for a day to provide support to one another, and to share “best practices” with a goal of improving quality care in...
Having My Say | Let’s put a new spin on this tired ol’ staffing story
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
As the skilled nursing sector has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs over the last two years, we’ve had plenty of professionals try to explain why providers can’t get staff to stay.