NADONA finds new top exec from within after unexpected death of long-time leader
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 11, 2024
Cindy Fronning, the group’s director of education, has assumed the top spot at the National Association of Directors of Nursing in Long Term Care.
LTC administrators and nurse managers, the ‘Mood of the Market’ survey wants your thoughts
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 09, 2024
Organizers of the award-winning McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey are asking readers to spend a few minutes to let them know how you feel about your job, the sector and general LTC state of affairs.
Nursing home workers, this time the research is on your side
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 08, 2024
As is probably no shock to anyone who worked in a nursing home from 2020 to 2023, caregivers in that setting were found to suffer more profound psychological and related stresses than their counterparts...
Also in the News for Monday, August 5, 2024
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 03, 2024
LTC providers’ liability costs, severity increasing … Death rate lower than expected in nursing home COVID-19 survivors … More than 300 SNF workers ratify 18-month contract in upstate NY … Seeking...
Leavitt, Todd headline NIC fall show
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 02, 2024
Registration is underway for the NIC annual conference, which takes place Sept. 23-25 in Washington.
Game planning emerges for new SNF PPS pay rule
By
Jessica R. Towhey
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2024
As disapproval about the 2025 skilled nursing Medicare pay rate increase continued to rise Thursday, long-term care providers and their advisors began devising coping strategies for some of the less flashy...
Also in the News for Friday, August 2, 2024
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2024
Researchers say almost half of dementia cases can be prevented or delayed … Revenge-minded CT man caught with rifle, shotgun planned nursing home attack, suicide by cop … On the Move: Taimur Mirza...
New SNF payment rule met with ‘disgust,’ complaints of ‘overreach’
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Critics wasted little time expressing their displeasure with the government’s final nursing home payment rule for fiscal 2025 after it was released late Wednesday afternoon.
Also in the News for Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Guardian Healthcare seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy … Hospice providers get 2.9% pay raise from CMS … Most older adults, who are among the most vulnerable, haven’t gotten RSV vaccine yet as long season...
BREAKING: CMS increases abilities to fine nursing homes, hikes Medicare pay by 4.2 percent
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Nursing homes will be getting a 4.2% Medicare Part A pay raise under the fiscal 2025 final pay rule issued Wednesday. Providers also will be facing a more aggressive fines system.