Jean Wendland Porter

The chain and franchise SNFs will mostly survive. But in the face of rising costs, federal cuts and vast numbers of employees leaving the workforce, how can the small operators survive? 

Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill, colloquially known as “Don’t Say Gay.” It reads, “Classroom instruction by school...

We are over a month into 2022 and have already billed the first month of the 15% reduction in therapy reimbursement for our Medicare patients.  You’ll recall that Jan. 1, 2022, was the day that Medicare Part...

Proposed rules almost always become final rules. On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare &  Medicaid Services (after threatening for four years) finalized the 15% payment reduction for outpatient...

The newly-remodeled lobby of the skilled nursing facility looked more like a luxury hotel. The colors were muted, earth-tone hues, low light illuminating the front desk. It was welcoming to the daughter...

I went to a wedding this month.   Let me rephrase that: I went to a wedding that was a three-day, in-person, 125-attendees, sitting-at-tables-for-eight, extravaganza with family I haven’t seen in...

Last week an insurance adjuster came over to scope out some storm damage.   Anyone who enters my home must be vaccinated or wear a mask (I keep clean masks at the front door. I’m nice like that). If...

Spring has sprung and I am finally seeing my neighbors in their yards again. We’re washing cars,  watering seedlings, rototilling and playing with our dogs. I have a neighbor who is a very smart and...

It’s a beautiful spring day in April in Northeast Ohio, and there are four inches of snow on the ground.  It’s covering the daffodils and the apple blossoms. This is not unusual nor unexpected,...

The news that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) of Texas has lifted ALL precautions against COVID-19, dropped the state’s mask mandate, and opened EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE has me concerned. Depression, anxiety, ulcers...