Therapy assistant cut: Are SNF providers unknowingly paying for it?
Feb 04, 2022
[Partner content] Stephanie Parks, chief development officer of Reliant Rehabilitation, discusses the 15% Medicare Part B Therapy Assistant cut implemented on Jan. 1, 2022. In this podcast, Parks and McKnight’s...
Cook who quit over face mask gets jobless benefits revoked
Feb 01, 2022
A judge has ruled that an Iowa nursing home worker who resigned her job after refusing to wear a face mask at work to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is not entitled to receive unemployment compensation...
AG wants leader criminal charges back in play
Feb 01, 2022
The Massachusetts Attorney General has appealed a state judge’s decision to drop criminal charges against two former top officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where 76 residents died during a major...
The Big Picture | LTC will never be the same
Feb 01, 2022
We were thrilled on the day our office tapped into the internet.
60 Seconds with…
Feb 01, 2022
You examined hospital transfer trends among older and “younger” long-stay nursing home residents. Are there really that many young nursing home patients?
Consensus builder is center stage
Feb 01, 2022
In September 2021, Bob Lane became the president and CEO of the American College of Health Care Administrators even though he had planned to retire after 34 years in aging services.
State News for January/February 2022
Feb 01, 2022
Staffing pressures and Medicaid reimbursement issues being felt around the nation pushed several Nebraska nursing homes to their ends in late 2021.
Reliant Rehab: Impact of the therapy assistant cut
Jan 28, 2022
Therapy Assistant Cut: Are SNF providers unknowingly paying for it?
Empty bed syndrome: The impact of staffing shortages
Jan 27, 2022
[Partner content] In this first episode of A Spoonful of Sugar, experts explore staffing’s impact on skilled nursing operations. When admissions from hospitals and the community plummeted during...
PharMerica 12-month podcast series coming soon
Jan 21, 2022
Pharmerica has partnered with McKnight’s for a 12-part, monthly podcast series coming this January! Keep an eye out for the first segment on January 27. Episode 1: A Spoonful of Sugar – Empty...