How senior living can avoid skilled care’s nightmare
By
John O'Connor
Mar 22, 2018
Nursing homes are the proverbial canary in the coal mine. They are chirping, but are you listening?
Assisted living’s real problem: Staffing and acuity, not lack of regulation
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Feb 12, 2024
Recent Washington Post articles and a Senate hearing highlight a big question for assisted living: Is federal regulation the answer? I say no.
So, senior living isn’t healthcare after all?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2024
The senior living industry’s reinvention as a healthcare player just received a notable setback. In a court room, of all places. As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, a circuit court judge...
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.
A real reason to be upset
By
John O'Connor
Feb 09, 2023
Instead of screaming at each other and pointing fingers, perhaps lawmakers should do something that actually will help the senior voting block they covet: start making long-term care better.
Senior living’s challenge of omission and commission
By
John O'Connor
Sep 22, 2022
Long-term care could be made better with funding from Congress. But for now, it appears we’ll have to settle for a congressional commission.
So you want to manage more payment risk?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 28, 2022
Always remember this about risk management: the first word.
Senior care funding is inadequate? Who’d have guessed?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 07, 2022
It appears the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has confirmed what most of us have long known: The way long-term care is generally delivered and funded bears a striking resemblance...
Next time, it might be your turn
By
John O'Connor
Mar 03, 2022
It’s been a rough week for nursing homes. Aren’t you glad you don’t run one?
Should home healthcare be a new focus for Medicare Advantage?
By
Jeff Fox
Apr 20, 2021
Home-based services are not a common, or even widely accepted, part of most Medicare Advantage plans. However, there have been some signs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have begun...