Danger and ‘a great time to transform the entire field’ — An expert on the PHE’s end
Feb 21, 2023
With the final expiration of all nurse-aide training waivers, the three-day stay waiver and other major supports looming due to the upcoming end of the public health emergency (PHE), nursing homes that...
Vulnerability verified: New attacks on health IT demand LTC reinforcements
Feb 13, 2023
Phishing, ransom, the dark web. You’ve heard these terms for years, but with every passing day, the threats to long-term care providers become more real. With spending being devoted to COVID resources...
‘You can’t even run any more’: How to stand tall amid Medicare Advantage’s relentless drive into...
Feb 07, 2023
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Senior Editor
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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...
