Sun Tzu is credited with being the first person to say “Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer.” That was good advice when he lived about 2,500 years ago. It remains good advice today.
No ride in the fire truck for you
By
John O'Connor
Jan 22, 2023
The brains at McKinsey issued a promising report about the future of healthcare profits. Apparently everybody’s in for big ones, except you know who.
When the wolf actually shows up
By
John O'Connor
Jan 13, 2023
There are times when actual survival is at stake. As it happens, one of those times happens to be right now
Are value-based payments the best CMS can do for nursing home residents? A call for stronger action
By
Marissa Bergh
Nov 04, 2022
America’s nursing homes are in crisis, and the government has been complicit. In the past 2 and a half years, COVID-19 has killed more than 158,000 nursing home residents. These facilities, filled with...
The truth(s) about the big nursing home COVID hearing
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 22, 2022
There were a lot of things at this retrospective coronavirus carnival. But what might have been most remarkable was not represented at this nursing home-centric hearing. Nursing homes.
Yin and Yang. Tit for tat. Whatever you call it, nursing homes swing in the balance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2022
I was reminded already during this short work week of just how tit-for-tat the nursing home sector can feel.
‘Cracked’ and ‘broken’: Buffy Lloyd-Krejci on nursing home infection prevention
Aug 02, 2022
During the darkest days of the pandemic, Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, DrPH, CIC, traveled to nursing homes across the US to assess their infection control practices and help them adopt protective strategies. What...
McKnight’s Market Leaders podcast: Are you getting the maximum value from your therapy department?
Jul 06, 2022
[Partner Content] SNF Therapy is complicated- whether you have in-house, hybrid, or full-service, are you and your patients getting the full benefits available? Hear from industry leaders J. Lynn Bauknight,...
An LTC hero rises above a deadly natural disaster
May 11, 2022
Cassie Morris, the assistant director of nursing at Mayfield Health and Rehab, the top manager on site at the time, presciently led a practice drill just hours before a major twister hit. That and other...
Nursing homes, we’re doing better
By
Drew Vogel
Apr 20, 2022
Thirty-three years ago, I entered the nursing home business. In the twenty-four years before that, I was a radio newsman. Not much resemblance between those two professions! In one, it’s all out...