With pandemic easing up, it’s time for home care providers to practice self-care, doctor offers
By
Liza Berger
Apr 12, 2021
As the pandemic wanes, home care providers and their patients can practice self-care to recover from the emotional toll the public health emergency has taken
Care quality and regulations are top industry concerns, McKnight’s survey finds
By
Liza Berger
Jun 21, 2021
McKnight’s Home Care Daily readers are most interested in stories that help them improve care quality and better understand regulatory developments. And they want to learn more about palliative care...
MedPAC recommendations: Change MA benchmark policy, operate fewer alternative payment models
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Liza Berger
Jun 16, 2021
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) issued a report Tuesday that advises Congress to change the benchmark policy for the growing Medicare Advantage (MA) program. It also recommended that...
Banach: NHPCO ‘hopeful’ that CMS will provide community-based palliative care benefit in 2021
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Liza Berger
Mar 23, 2021
The leader of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) said Monday that there is a strong possibility that Medicare will begin offering a community-based palliative care benefit this...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Paul Willging
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Liza Berger
Nov 02, 2020
OBRA ’87, the landmark federal law that greatly enhanced the regulation of nursing homes, marked a turning point for long-term care. Paul Willging, Ph.D., who led the American Health Care Association...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Dale Thompson
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Liza Berger
Sep 21, 2020
When pivotal programs are put into place, it becomes easy to forget there was a time without them. Such could be said for AHCA/NCAL’s National Quality Award Program, which Dale Thompson was instrumental...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Wendy Simpson
By
Liza Berger
Aug 10, 2020
“The future is very, very bright for women in the world,” Wendy Simpson said during an educational webinar at the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Forum last month. No doubt, her work steering...