Staffing

Make A Difference, Today!

Allen Yearick, MHA, NHA February 06, 2012

So often as administrators, we focus on the bigger picture items of our typical day: meetings, staffing, financials, marketing, building/maintenance, QI, etc. These are important and essential components. But sometimes it's the little things, the simple things, that can be so powerful.
 

These calendars offer more than days to remember

January 11, 2012

Long-term care operators have produced a variety of clever, attractive calendars through the years. The illustrations have even shown simulated naked poses, with strategic signage saving the viewer from the "Full Monty" experience.
 

Operators must embrace technology to reduce staffing costs, experts advise

November 11, 2011

Nursing homes can survive recent Medicare and impending Medicaid cuts by embracing the use of technology to reduce staffing costs, said experts in a McKnight's webinar Thursday.
 

Proactive staffing strategies to battle Medicare and Medicaid challenges the focus of McKnight's free webcast

November 03, 2011

Providers will get frontline advice on how to drive efficiencies, control labor costs and build revenue in the face of looming Medicare and Medicaid funding struggles at a free McKnight's webcast Nov. 10. Registration is ongoing for the event, which starts at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (10 a.m. Pacific). Jeff Amann, vice president of operations for American Baptist Homes of the Midwest, will be the featured presenter.
 

Nursing home owner sentenced to years in prison, fined $5.8 million for payroll tax evasion

March 08, 2011

A Kansas-based nursing home proprietor is set to spend the next three-and-a-half years in jail after admitting to evading payroll taxes from 2001 to 2005.
 

What we'll see in assisted living this year—a year to get stronger

Doug Fullaway February 01, 2011

What will we see in the assisted living world this year? The following are my best guesses, given ongoing conversations with assisted living communities across the country and seeing firsthand how the economy has forced change in census and staffing.
 

Skilled Healthcare's $677 million verdict to be officially dropped to $50 million with settlement

November 24, 2010

A settlement in the year's most eye-popping nursing home-related lawsuit is expected to be finalized Tuesday in California's Humboldt County Superior Court. That's where Skilled Healthcare Group hopes to receive final approval for a $50 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that threatened to hurtle the provider into bankruptcy proceedings. A jury made national headlines earlier this year when it slammed the chain with a $677 verdict for its role in the case, which alleged short-staffing at 22 California facilities.
 

Skilled Healthcare settles understaffing lawsuit for $50 million

September 09, 2010

Nursing home giant Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. has agreed to settle a class-action suit alleging understaffing at 22 of its California facilities for $50 million. Terms still must be approved by a judge.
 

New, tougher regulations for Illinois nursing homes pass the state House, but funding remains an issue

May 10, 2010

Nursing homes in Illinois are facing new higher standards after a unanimous vote in the state's House—118-0—to pass a major overhaul of the long-term care system. A similar vote is expected in the Illinois Senate, according to local reports.
 

McKnight's holds webcast on staffing

March 17, 2010

Hiring smartly and developing a high-quality workforce were the subjects of a McKnight's webcast held today.
 

Proposed cuts would reduce nursing home Medicare payments by $44 billion over 10 years, AHCA finds

August 21, 2009

A House healthcare reform bill and a new government regulation together would cut Medicare payments to nursing homes by $44 billion over 10 years. That is according to a new analysis by the American Health Care Association.
 

Not-for-profit nursing homes provide better care, on average, than for-profits, research suggests

August 06, 2009

U.S. not-for-profit nursing homes, on average, deliver higher quality care than for-profit nursing homes, an analysis of observational studies suggests.
 
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