The Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Boston ought to be getting a lot more attention from the profession. The center has successfully implemented a program that reduces rehospitalization rates.

I haven't heard them pronounced this way yet, but long-term care providers might want to consider it when it comes to ACOs. Instead of spelling it out, as in A-C-O, say it phonetically, as in "Ache-O."

News that nursing home ratings would be frozen on the federal website for consumer research for six months drew a lot of interest from providers when regulators' plans were announced this spring. And it should have.

The saga of Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken a number of interesting, if not sadly predictable, turns lately. Opponents of his patron, President Obama, are demanding Berwick's head. Why? Because they can.

When it comes to running a business, you better evolve. If you don't, trouble will surely find you. Maybe it will even if you do.

We're back and better than ever. That familiar, proud phrase is the first thing that popped into my mind as I wondered how I would approach this month's column topic. There's really no other way to put it.

We're into January now so that means one of two things, if you're like me: You've either already broken your New Year's resolutions, or you're about ready to.

I don't know about you, but when I go to a store and hand over my money or credit card, I expect to get something in return. If I go into McDonald's, I expect giving up $1 and change is going to get me something that is going to quench my thirst for a while. Call it one of the most obvious natural laws of commerce: I pay, you give.

If there is one group of people who have earned the right to be cynical, it is long-term care professionals. Coming from a journalist, this is no underqualified assessment.

If there is one group of people who have earned the right to be cynical, it is long-term care professionals. Coming from a journalist, this is no underqualified assessment.