CMS still has another shoe to drop: an imminent staffing requirement. And if you think it will just affect nursing homes, a recent study says otherwise.
So, you want to call yourself a healthcare provider?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 19, 2023
Transitioning to healthcare holds the promise of portfolio expansion and new revenues for senior living, but new challenges will arise, too.
They’re targeting nursing homes, for now
By
John O'Connor
Nov 16, 2023
To believe the feds will never be interested in taking a closer look under your hood is not merely wishful thinking. It’s dangerous thinking.
A big lump of coal … and an opportunity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2023
Christmas came early for the senior living field on Sunday, when providers collectively found a big lump of coal in the industry stocking. But that stocking also contains an opportunity.
No time for pessimists
By
John O'Connor
Mar 07, 2024
Senior living is entering a transitionary period, and more operators are ready to embrace new and improved ways of doing business.
A new and needed direction for senior living
By
John O'Connor
May 11, 2023
Argentum’s president and CEO wants to do something that runs against conventional wisdom. It also happens to be brilliant.
Beware the healthcare-industrial complex?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 05, 2023
At the risk of biting the hand that feeds me, maybe we should also ask about the inherent dangers in a growing healthcare-industrial complex?
Senior living’s elephant in the room
By
John O'Connor
Oct 13, 2022
Let’s finally say the silent part out loud: assisted living is a healthcare player. To pretend otherwise is to deny reality.
Dealing with senior living’s triple threat
By
John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2023
AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson, addressing the opening session of the organizations’ 2023 convention, singled out three nightmares the long-term care sector finds itself dealing with.
A chance to stabilize the senior living workforce
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 09, 2023
The federal government’s proposed staffing mandate for nursing homes ultimately would affect assisted living providers, too. But CMS is accepting comments through Nov. 6.