Daily Editors’ Notes

Life as a nursing home operator in the United States can sometimes be a masochistic undertaking.

It may be news to some, but this is at least one way nursing homes are way ahead of their acute-care big brothers.

For any long-term care operator depending on Medicare payments, this is the money season.

Some people and things just aren’t going to get along. But on occasion, form breaks.

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services put out a request for feedback on the Medicare Advantage program, which is rapidly becoming the nation’s preferred healthcare insurer provider…

Well it looks like Congressional Democrats may finally get the climate change bill they’ve been chasing for more than a decade. Hooray?

Of all the issues spooking long-term care providers lately, one might seem to be a bouquet of sunshine to the unsuspecting.

How bad is the public’s erosion of trust these days? A recent Gallup poll found that barely a quarter of Americans (27%) have a great deal of confidence in 14 leading institutions. That’s a 5%…

Is it fair to judge the COVID-19 lockdown by the effects of only its first two months? Some people seem to think so.

 Many long-term care organizations now find themselves entering the strategic planning season. They’d do well to listen to Bob Kramer.

Pennsylvania providers won the Medicaid funding “lottery” and operators elsewhere can too.

Whether they’re teammates or rivals, nursing homes and hospitals should ever pass up a chance to learn from one another.

By any measure, the Supreme Court just wrapped up one of its more memorable sessions.

This year, more than ever, you can call July a time for heightened fireworks anxiety — especially for nursing home operators.