Face it: It’s easy to complain. About the boss, about the weather, about “the system.” And if you toil in long-term care, it’s really easy to fire up a narrowed down complaint list targeting two...
Disgraced
By
Liza Berger
Mar 13, 2008
If you are a news junkie you likely are feeding your habit this week with the scandal surrounding former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer, most of the Western world likely knows, resigned Wednesday...
Alternative facts are alive and well in long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Sep 23, 2022
There sure seem to be a lot of alternative facts floating around when it comes to the long-term care sector, as evidenced by a hearing put on last week by the House Subcommittee of the Coronavirus Crisis.
Biting off your nose to spite Obama’s face
By
John O'Connor
Sep 25, 2017
It’s hard to describe how incredibly dangerous and stupid the latest GOP effort to replace Obamacare really is. But I’ll try.
A crazy way to spend a healthcare fortune
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2023
I’d like to announce that the folks who run Medicare Advantage plans will be shaking in their boots soon, fearful of what authorities are going to do to them.
Move over nursing homes, you have company
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 09, 2019
Welcome to the club. That’s the sad but apropos message I have for our hospice-operating friends.
Provider, help thyself
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 27, 2012
An expert who presented at last week’s McKnight’s Online Expo nailed it: Wound care cases land in court largely because too many providers are relying on verbal agreements or instructions between...
For long-term care, the storm before the calm
By
John O'Connor
Sep 16, 2022
It wasn’t all doom-and-gloom when a financial futurist weighed in last week at NIC’s Fall Convention. More like a rude awakening.
Cori’s Story
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 08, 2012
When Cori Reese entered a nursing home for the first time as a child, she was terrified. Sunday, she was named the top new nursing home administrator in the country.
3 tips for a strong SNF-hospice partnership
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 28, 2014
Easier said than done. That phrase often pops into my head when I read the latest long-term care research.