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‘You can’t even run any more’: How to stand tall amid Medicare Advantage’s relentless drive into skilled nursing 
‘You can’t even run any more’: How to stand tall amid Medicare Advantage’s relentless drive into…
Feb 07, 2023

SpeakersSusie MixCEOMix SolutionsKimberly MarselasSenior EditorMcKnight’s Long-Term Care News

Building strength by dispersing control: Guardian Healthcare decentralizes to thrive
Building strength by dispersing control: Guardian Healthcare decentralizes to thrive
Jan 31, 2023

Guardian Healthcare President and CEO Michael Herald reveals how and why his 35-facility nursing home chain is decentralizing its operational structure. He shares the origins, plans now underway and hopes…

On PREP Act, ‘still too early to tell’ whether providers will be immune
On PREP Act, ‘still too early to tell’ whether providers will be immune
Jan 09, 2023

Nearly three years since it was triggered, it’s “still too early to tell” how well the federal  Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act will protect nursing homes and other healthcare…

‘The best way to be at the top of the food chain’ — An expert’s advice for skilled nursing operators
‘The best way to be at the top of the food chain’ — An expert’s advice for skilled nursing operators
Jan 03, 2023

By 2030, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services forecasts all Medicare beneficiaries will be in accountable care programs. Yet federal regulators are currently undervaluing skilled care partners…

Skilled nursing lessons learned 1 year post-tornado
Skilled nursing lessons learned 1 year post-tornado
Dec 19, 2022

In December 2021, tornado sirens sounded throughout Arkansas and Kentucky, and a deadly EF3 twister ripped through the Monette Manor nursing home. Inside, 67 residents huddled together under the protection…

Finding vaccination solutions takes on new urgency amid winter, cultural threats
Finding vaccination solutions takes on new urgency amid winter, cultural threats
Dec 13, 2022

Improving vaccination uptake in the nursing home environment is critical amid surging flu and COVID cases. Sheree Keitt helps organizations use money from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Nursing homes must PROTECT against tripledemic and viruses yet to come
Nursing homes must PROTECT against tripledemic and viruses yet to come
Nov 29, 2022

As a provider of nursing home care and other services to more than 9,000 seniors and people with disabilities in New York City, ArchCare had to think out of the box when COVID first hit.  The healthcare…

Is LTC fighting a nursing quantity problem or a quality problem?
Is LTC fighting a nursing quantity problem or a quality problem?
Nov 22, 2022

Solving the nursing home sector’s ongoing staffing crisis can’t be just about filling open positions, says Sally Cantwell, the top recruiter at PACS, a management and consultant group supporting more…

Operational, fiscal and clinical alert: Time to brush up MDS procedures for big changes at hand
Operational, fiscal and clinical alert: Time to brush up MDS procedures for big changes at hand
Nov 14, 2022

It’s time for providers to start shoring up processes to successfully implement big changes to the Minimum Data Set assessment form that will soon be in play. Failure to get ready — starting this month,…

Rethinking the frontline for recruiting success
Rethinking the frontline for recruiting success
Oct 24, 2022

In today’s labor market, it’s easy to see why skilled nursing providers are tempted to throw money at any potential employee and especially those applying for hard-to-fill positions. But when it comes…

Good Sam CEO and President Nate Schema on LTC’s changing identity
Good Sam CEO and President Nate Schema on LTC’s changing identity
Oct 17, 2022

Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society just marked its 100th anniversary, but its leaders are looking forward to a future in long-term care that will, in many ways, look much different.

ADVION: The ‘inspired’ evolution of NASL
ADVION: The ‘inspired’ evolution of NASL
Oct 11, 2022

ADVION is the new name of the successful post-acute ancillary services provider group formerly named NASL. Executive Vice President Cynthia Morton explains what the name means, and how the group has evolved…

There’s a new CEO in town: Talking chief experience officers with Lutheran Senior Services
There’s a new CEO in town: Talking chief experience officers with Lutheran Senior Services
Oct 04, 2022

Lutheran Senior Services in September hired its first chief experience officer. It’s a new role for the massive Missouri provider, and one almost unheard of in long-term care. So what exactly is this…

How to fish for SNF patients upstream and prove ‘a happy employee is a good employee’
How to fish for SNF patients upstream and prove ‘a happy employee is a good employee’
Sep 27, 2022

Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation CEO Brad Haber discusses why he is championing a “more modern,” clinically complex approach to long-term care. He joins McKnight’s Executive Editor James…

In a shifting market, it’s time for providers to make deals that make sense to them
In a shifting market, it’s time for providers to make deals that make sense to them
Sep 20, 2022

In this McKnight’s Newsmakers podcast, Jessica Johnson, manager of healthcare banking for BOK Financial, discusses how persistent inflation and rate increases are impacting the skilled nursing sector….

How providers can achieve control with risky value-based pay schemes, diversification
How providers can achieve control with risky value-based pay schemes, diversification
Sep 13, 2022

Fred Bentley of ATI Advisory joins McKnight’s Executive Editor James M. Berklan in a Newsmakers podcast to discuss what value-based payment options are growing in popularity, and what providers of all…

South Davis Specialty Care wins and learns
South Davis Specialty Care wins and learns
Sep 06, 2022

On this Newsmakers podcast, R. Scott Anderson, RN, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer for South Davis Specialty Care, talks about the facility’s second Gold victory in the American Health…

A two-time Quality Award winner shares strategies for perpetual success
A two-time Quality Award winner shares strategies for perpetual success
Aug 31, 2022

On this McKnight’s Newsmakers podcast, Mountain Valley CEO Emilee Kulin and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kimberly Marselas explore what it takes to be a Quality Award winner, and…

HR strategist Cara Silletto on the Mood of the Market: At a breaking point
HR strategist Cara Silletto on the Mood of the Market: At a breaking point
Aug 16, 2022

In a McKnight’s Newsmakers podcast, Cara Silletto, a sought-after HR expert, takes a deep dive into the data of the McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey.

CLA’s Deb Emerson on staffing mandates and ‘wishful thinking’
CLA’s Deb Emerson on staffing mandates and ‘wishful thinking’
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Danielle Brown
Aug 09, 2022

In this Newsmakers Podcast, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News staff writer Danielle Brown sits down with Deb Emerson, principal at accounting and consulting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. They discuss CLA’s…