33rd annual NADONA conference gearing up — a new way
The 2020 NADONA meeting will be held online Nov. 4, 5 and 10-12, with pre-conference workshops Nov. 2.
Most recent articles by James M. Berklan
CMS two-day flurry gives nursing homes what they want, or does it?
Anybody who has ever said nursing homes don’t get much attention can dial back that rhetoric after the last couple of days.
BREAKING: Nursing home commission makes 27 recommendations, calls for ‘greater leadership role’ from CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released recommendations from the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes on Wednesday and, as expected, they contain a laundry list of steps that providers will be expected to take for future pandemic conditions or public health emergencies.
Former nursing home owner in record $140M HUD bailout hit with 10 fraud counts in alleged Ponzi scheme
Zvi Feiner, the former owner and CEO of a chain of Chicago-area and Missouri nursing homes, was charged with 10 counts of fraud for running an alleged Ponzi scheme worth millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
BREAKING: CMS ditches controversial MFAR, $50B Medicaid pay cuts
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has withdrawn a much-criticized Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule that could have caused havoc for skilled nursing providers, in at least 11 states in particular. A vast array of healthcare providers and stakeholders, beyond long-term care, as well as governors and patient advocacy groups, opposed the MFAR Rule.
Staffing, IC and mental health: Fall Online Expo webinars tackle big topics Thursday
Helping frontline caregivers and managers do their jobs better in the COVID-19 era will be the focus of three CE-bearing webinars Thursday (Sept. 17) at the annual McKnight’s Fall Online Expo.
First the police, now it’s long-term care’s turn to face ‘defunding’ calls
With the coronavirus wreaking havoc on the public in general, and nursing homes in particular, provider critics are coming out of the woodwork. Often with Ph.D. in hand.
Feds sending 750k faster COVID-19 tests to nursing homes, investigating price mark-ups
The Department of Health and Human Services is sending nursing homes 750,000 COVID-19 point-of-care tests that can be administered quicker and simpler than other options already in play.
Webinar double-dip: McKnight’s Online Forum offers operational strategies for COVID-19 on Thursday
The next edition of the McKnight’s Online Forum on Thursday will deliver two CE-earning webinars focused on making life easier for providers under pandemic conditions.
LTC leaders looking for better pay and bosses, deeper staffs: McKnight’s survey
Long-term care leaders overwhelmingly think that better salary and adding staff would be the top two ways to improve working conditions at nursing homes.
