Sector-specific LTC pharmacy data warehouse now a reality
By
Phil Fogg Jr.
Jul 19, 2017
Ensuring the provision of quality post-acute care in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities requires the need to direct and perform an increasingly complex array of medication management regimes...
Marquis Companies soars to 82% staff vaccination rate, eyes ‘downhill run’ to previous routines
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 11, 2021
Northwest-based Marquis Companies not only already completed its third round of staff and resident COVID-19 vaccinations over the weekend, it also registered what could be the nation’s best 82% staff...
From provider to ‘payvider:’ Navigating increasing I-SNP options
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 03, 2023
Even as Institutional Special Needs Plans gain in popularity among long-term care providers, owners and operators must proceed with caution to determine how they best fit into the risk-sharing environment.
Marquis-Consonus’ Steve Fogg: ‘Creative’ funding, education will pave route to success
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 07, 2022
Even some of the most progressive long-term care executives have had to put deep, strategic initiatives aside while coping with historically challenging pandemic conditions.
‘Together we survive’: Consultant creates original song to encourage nursing staff
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jun 23, 2021
Marquis provides program and operational services to nursing homes in New England, the Mid-Atlantic and Florida, and its employees this year turned to an original song to encourage the staff and residents...
Foresight and flexibility the keys to COVID-19 survival, top exec says
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2020
As long-term care providers continue to struggle with the deadly implications of COVID-19, hesitation could be their biggest threat, says one of the profession’s top leaders.
As Medicare Advantage drives rate lower, fed-up CEOs embrace strategies that limit carriers’ influence
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2021
Medicare Advantage’s aggressive market penetration represents a major threat to skilled nursing providers, some of whom now find themselves clearing less per resident day through MA plans than they do...