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June 7, 2017 | James Balda
A large part of Argentum’s focus on workforce development has been on attracting and recruiting the next generation of senior living workers. However, the need for accurate, internal measurement on...
June 2, 2017 | Jim Rubadue
Reduce overtime by up to 70%? Improve scheduling efficiencies by up to 75%? Fill call-offs and open shifts in minutes, instead of hours? Improve employee engagement? OnShift’s suite of products is...
May 30, 2017 | Peter Corless
A focus on transparency and quality improvement has led The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to up the ante on how Five-Star Quality Ratings are calculated and reported.
Since potential...
May 26, 2017 | Peter Corless
The labor shortage in long-term care (LTC) has many providers in dire straits. With the growth of the aging population and projections calling for an additional 2.5 million workers, the outlook is...
May 25, 2017 | Peter Corless
Labor costs have reached unprecedented heights due to high turnover and a growing workforce shortage. This has led senior care providers to accept paying a premium for labor through increased use of...
May 23, 2017 | Peter Corless
High turnover isn’t something new to this industry. Before the great recession of 2008, health care providers faced both a nursing shortage and high employee turnover. In response, senior care...
May 22, 2017 | Peter Corless
The challenging environment in senior care has hit providers harder than ever, making it difficult – sometimes impossible – to stay ahead. Increasing wage pressures coupled with a workforce shortage...
May 18, 2017 | Marti Bowman
I spent the better part of the first week of May in Nashville for the Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference. Having left a cold, rainy Cleveland, Ohio, I was hoping for some warm air and...
May 15, 2017 | Mark Woodka
Happy National Nursing Home Week to all the long-term care (LTC) professionals out there who make our nation's seniors a priority each and every day. With another year comes another theme, and...
May 12, 2017 | Peter Corless
The post-acute, skilled nursing facility (SNF) sector is currently in a significant state of uncertainty, with the main problem being the lack of predictability in reimbursement when budgets are...
May 10, 2017 | Peter Corless
CMS has announced three changes it is making to this quarter’s Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) submissions in response to some perceived difficulties that long-term care (LTC) providers had during past...
May 4, 2017 | James Balda
We know the senior living industry needs to recruit 1.2 million new employees by 2025 to properly care for and serve the swelling population of seniors. One way we can work toward meeting that goal...
