The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our nation. For long-term care providers, including nursing facilities and assisted living centers, the pandemic has exacerbated our chronic challenges of a severe caregiver...
When heavyweights go at it
By
John O'Connor
Apr 26, 2021
There seems to be a nice skirmish shaping up right now between long-term care leaders and some in the government.
The state of long-term care is …
By
John O'Connor
Apr 12, 2021
So, are things getting better or worse for long-term care? The answer is not so obvious.
Government funding showdown includes special LTC drama
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 19, 2018
As drama rages over whether Congress will allow the federal government to grind to a halt Friday night due to a funding tug-of-war, long-term care providers will anxiously watch to see if a repeal of Medicare...
Long-term care operators, meet Jan Brady
By
John O'Connor
Jan 15, 2018
Middle daughters around the world still relate to the fictional Jan Brady’s exasperation with her TV big sister — “Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!” So too should long-term care operators. But...
Time for long-term care to go postal?
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2017
One of my favorite gone-off-the-rails fundraising stories involves one of my former college roommates.
The good news is that business will be booming …
By
John O'Connor
Dec 21, 2015
A future filled with bad health is hardly something most people would look forward to. But in the same way that convoluted tax codes keep accountants in business, higher per capita care giving needs will...
Long-term care providers ready to deal with ‘doc fix’
By
James M. Berklan
May 15, 2013
If you hang around long enough, you learn there are only two things long-term care providers fear after Republicans and Democrats. That would be hospitals and doctors.
Unsettled business
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 20, 2011
The opening of the American Health Care Association’s annual meeting took on a familiar air Monday afternoon in Las Vegas: A lot of proud retrospectives of a year gone by, prerequisite hand-wringing...
The reaction to ACOs? Ouch!
By
James M. Berklan
May 16, 2011
I haven’t heard them pronounced this way yet, but long-term care providers might want to consider it when it comes to ACOs. Instead of spelling it out, as in A-C-O, say it phonetically, as in “Ache-O.”