Consulate COO: Here’s why I’m ‘OK with’ embracing home health as a full partner
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 05, 2021
The new chief operations officer of one of the nation’s largest nursing home chains is ready to throw the doors open to home health providers, citing collaboration as the best way to succeed and drive...
Meet Sandy Skerda, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 05, 2021
Sandy Skerda, executive director, Eliza Jennings Renaissance Retirement Campus, Olmsted Township, OH, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP.
Meet Marcy McNeal, Rising Star honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Aug 05, 2021
Marcy McNeal, administrator, Sunrise Hill Care Center, Traer, IA, is in the 2021 class of McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star honoree.
InnovAge investment in Jetdoc will create unique PACE app for clients and caregivers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 05, 2021
InnovAge, a national leader of Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), is expanding further into telehealth.
Home Care briefs for Thursday, Aug. 5
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 05, 2021
New York ups the ante on vaccination mandate … Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma nets 150,000 new enrollees … Private equity firm invests in Home Care Pulse … Fear and wisdom lead seniors to vaccinate...
Pilot programs could steer Medicare Advantage business to home healthcare companies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 04, 2021
As Medicare Advantage (MA) plans grow in popularity, home healthcare agencies need to start forming alliances with private payers that offer those plans.
The new world of home health will center around hospital-at-home, SNF-at-home, experts say
By
Liza Berger
Aug 04, 2021
The pandemic has helped to give rise to innovative models such as hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility (SNF)-at-home.
Meet Nicole Steck-Waitt, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 03, 2021
Nicole Steck-Wiatt, vice president of clinical services, Sterling Senior Care, Silver Spring, MD, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Hall of Honor inductee.
New monetary penalties for SNFs in California is ‘major policy change’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 03, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities in California will face much higher fines for not complying with transfer discharge hearing decisions under a new bill signed into law last week by Gov. Gaivin Newsom (D).
Say it loud, say it proud
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 02, 2021
Let’s celebrate those workplaces where a high level of vaccination has been achieved and those employees who have taken this step to protect themselves and those they serve.