Helping you go the distance in long-term care
A long-term care career might sound like an oxymoron. After all, turnover remains ridiculously high at many facilities.
The biggest question about PDPM going forward
Having survived the fall 2019 long-term care convention season is no small feat if you’ve been on the road as much as some of the staunch LTC professionals I’ve seen over the past two months. For many, now is the time to get back to work “at home” and prepare for the future — a…
A special day for veterans. Too bad there aren’t a lot more of them.
It’s nice that we’ll pause to thank our veterans next Monday, but there should be more.
Enough with the talk: Get on with this LTC difference maker
You might know the job has gotten under your skin when you find certain urges taking over. Take, for example, debating late at night. In a bar. In a beautiful place like San Diego. And the topic is the merits of telemedicine. Flight of fancy or long-term care savior? It happened earlier this week when…
You have problems, they help solve them
I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to suggest that one reason why so many women in this field do so well is because they have superior problem-solving abilities.
The ‘abuse’ icon debuts on Nursing Home Compare
We learned two main things when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services debuted its nursing home “abuse” icon Wednesday.
Not much was happening at AHCA, until the love broke out
Mark Parkinson just might be the best leader the American Health Care Association has ever had.
Despite days of abuse and worry in Orlando, there is optimism
There could be some encouraging news on the nursing home “abuse” icon set to go live Oct. 23.
Nursing facilities might soon face another unfair burden
I am opposed to forcing skilled care operators to pay for a problem caused by another entity., which is exactly what will happen if an otherwise well-intended bill becomes law in its current form.
Sorry, CMS, this time you’ve gone too far
Life as a regulator can be a thankless job, but sometimes it involves admitting that you’re just outright wrong.
A new PDPM strategy emerges: ‘Why take a chance?’
If it seems like a lot of skilled nursing facility therapists are suddenly getting laid off, it’s no coincidence.
Can’t figure out how to pay $15 an hour? How does $25 sound?
A new Priceonomics report strongly suggests that if keeping the employees worth keeping is a priority, it may take closer to $25 an hour to get the job done.
Long-term care’s challenges, and the universal solution
With not enough bodies to do the work and increasingly complex regulations to contend with in long-term care, technology is going to be the way to salvation.
Back to where it all began with PDPM: Therapy
We return to the question again today: What’s going to happen with therapy under the Patient-Drive Payment Model?
What makes this event special? Let me count (some of) the ways …
Unless you have actually attended NIC conferences, it’s hard to appreciate just how unique and helpful these events are.
PDPM: They’ve only just begun
I don’t know about you, but with all the hype during the run-up to PDPM implementation on Oct. 1, it’s beginning to feel a little like the morning of the third-grade Halloween party.
So, you want to be ready for the ‘future’ of long-term care?
Take a moment to write down the major trends in this market and how long they are likely to last and — more importantly — how they have and likely will affect your organization.
A perfect time to learn what is truly expected of providers
I fear that we may be in the midst of a damaging cycle driven by unrealistic expectations, and Hurricane Dorian is going to show us why.
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