Let’s chat: Decorative lace skills earn NY senior statewide art honors
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 27, 2022
Bianca Padula was named an award winner in a statewide art competition hosted by LeadingAge New York.
Provider payments could be at ‘catastrophic’ risk if federal debt limit breached
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 08, 2023
The US is in danger of breaching its debt limit, which would have serious repercussions for the long-term care sector, advocates and experts warned.
Ending the year with some long-term care gifts and resolutions
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 20, 2022
When many are exchanging gifts and making New Year’s resolutions, I’ve come up with my wish list for key long-term care players and stakeholders.
Regulator insists brutal honesty from providers can turn the tide on Medicaid
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 18, 2022
DENVER — Despite perceptions of state officials being unapproachable or reluctant to help long-term care providers, the right provider stories can influence policies and help shift funding in the right...
Younger SNF workers more likely to get out than ‘stick it out’ expert says. Here’s how to keep...
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 09, 2023
As caregiving professions continue to rely more on a younger pool of workers, they also have to reckon with a generation that has the confidence to change jobs.
Steven Nash: DC’s own LTC Renaissance man
By
Anjali Byju
Oct 10, 2023
Steven Nash is an ordained deacon, father of three and self-professed “nature lover.” He’s also president and CEO of Stoddard Baptist Home Foundation, the longest serving African-American nursing...
Value different things, ask different questions to improve quality, say Moving Forward committee members
By
Joe Bush
Oct 19, 2022
DENVER – One of the key changes to improving the quality of care in nursing homes is shifting the focus on what’s measured, said two Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition committee members...
Also in the News for Monday, Nov. 14, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Nov 14, 2022
Former tech division leader Majd Alwan leaves LeadingAge, starts aging services tech organization … Students get $411,000 to study effects of ambient light on nursing home dementia patients … Iowa...
Nursing home telehealth ‘cliff’ avoided with pay rule adjustments
By
Joe Bush
Nov 03, 2022
Nursing home residents and their distant physicians got good telehealth news in the 2023 Physician Pay Rule issued Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
$2K daily fines poised to begin ‘within days’ as NY staffing rule upheld
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 16, 2024
Long-term care providers took a legal blow when a New York state Supreme Court judge struck down a legal challenge to the state’s staffing mandate law, and now providers could be days away from incurring...