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February 2, 2016 | Marti Bowman
Attracting millennial talent to the senior care industry should be a top priority for providers amid a significant caregiver shortage. Tapping this generation can prove challenging, though, and...
January 28, 2016 | JT Tan
“Transparency, or accurate observability, of an organization’s low-level activities, routines, behaviors, output, and performance provides the foundation of both organizational learning and...
January 21, 2016 | Mike Pumphrey
When the owner of 80 California nursing homes last week purchased 18,000 Powerball tickets for his employees and residents and one nurse believed she had won, that owner easily could have been named...
January 18, 2016 | Patrick Manfroni
Over one thousand people stormed Palm Springs recently for the annual PointClickCare (PCC) Summit. The event was flush with poignant educational sessions and networking opportunities that captivated...
December 15, 2015 | Irene Fleshner
Happy is a word we hear used a lot during the holidays. I started to think about the meaning of “happy,” and found myself singing the Pharrell Williams song, “Happy,” and then thought of a smiley...
December 9, 2015 | Peter Corless
On November 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule to implement a new Medicare Part A and B payment model called the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement...
November 25, 2015 | Mike Pumphrey
If you have frequently recurring holes in your staff scheduling, your first inclination might be to hire more people. That’s not necessarily the wrong move, but jumping into hiring might be premature...
November 12, 2015 | Jim Rubadue
In football, overtime is a bonus for fans and elevates the excitement to another level. For long-term care and senior living communities, overtime can be a useful tool in covering shifts, or it can...
November 3, 2015 | Marti Bowman
The American Health Care Association recently took over San Antonio with its 66th Annual Convention. As they say, “Everything is bigger in Texas” and the educational content and best practices shared...
October 21, 2015 | Peter Corless
It’s no secret that a major indicator of senior care providers’ success is staff retention. So it's good news for many in this industry hearing turnover is down nationally across leadership roles....
October 9, 2015 | Irene Fleshner
Recently CMS issued proposed changes to the Requirements of Participation for Nursing Homes (RofP) (think rules surveyors follow when they’re in my building). The proposed changes were developed in...
October 7, 2015 | JT Tan
We just passed the first major milestone for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) reporting. October 1, 2015 marked the opening of the voluntary process for...
