It’s time to tune in to National Skilled Nursing Care Week
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 15, 2024
Preparations to observe National Skilled Nursing Care Week are fully underway for the May 12-18 observance. The theme is “Radiant Memories — A Tribute to the Golden Age of Radio.”
Take it from providers who know: This is how to rub elbows
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 15, 2024
Sometimes running a long-term care business is like being in third-grade all over again. The timid do not necessarily do so well.
Lynn Hood to receive 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2024
Lynn Hood, a long-term care executive well-known for answering the call to act under emergency conditions and being a champion of employees, has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award...
Execs: Regional providers well-positioned to get more from skilled nursing payers, staff
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 11, 2024
The time has come for skilled nursing operators to become more assertive with payors and value-based care partners, and regional providers are uniquely positioned to reap rewards, executives say.
AAPACN regales 25 years at conference April 10-13
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2024
AAPACN is celebrating its 25th anniversary at its annual conference April 10-13 in Hollywood, FL.
CMS official to providers: Help us capture data to drive Medicare Advantage reforms
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 07, 2024
The increased use of health data and providers’ own voices should be considered among the best tools available for achieving change in a system that increasingly relies on Medicaid Advantage and other...
Parkinson to bid farewell in ’25
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 05, 2024
Mark Parkinson, the nursing home industry’s most influential spokesman, has announced he will retire as president and CEO of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living next...
LTC Administrators Week set to start March 11
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2024
Long-term care operators should be in full preparation mode to celebrate another National LTC Administrators Week, which runs March 11-15 this year.
It’s time for providers to get their heads out of the sand
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2024
If you’re a provider and haven’t taken serious steps toward competing in a value-based care world, promise to get your head out of the sand.
‘Don’t panic — prepare’ experts urge in ‘new era’ of health data
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 29, 2024
Long-term care operators who may think that more complex health data gathering will be important only at the end of this decade, or that it can somehow be evaded altogether, are in for a rude awakening.