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Labor Management Strategies: Managing Costs in Senior Care

September 28, 2011 | Marti Bowman

We at OnShift are seeing a variety of reactions in long-term care and senior living to the Medicare cuts that hit October 1st. Some are in panic mode, fearful they’ll have to shut their doors because...

AHCA 2011: Time to React

September 25, 2011 | Mike Pumphrey

The mood of the American Health Care Association’s annual meeting was unlike years past. At the keynote address, AHCA President and CEO Mark Parkinson proclaimed that massive cuts to Medicare and...

Senior Care Understaffing Under Scrutiny

August 12, 2011 | Marti Bowman

The issue of adequate staffing in long-term care is once again in the spotlight. This time, HCR Manor Care was slapped with a $91.5 million negligence verdict in a case involving the death of a...

Nursing Homes Feel the Heat

June 30, 2011 | Mark Woodka

Nursing homes in Ohio are facing a bleak reality. The two-year budget that Governor Kasich just signed reduces Medicaid rates to nursing homes by nearly 6%.

While total Medicaid spending in Ohio...

ACOs in the Spotlight: Senior Care and ACOs

June 11, 2011 | Marti Bowman

ACOs took center stage this week at the second annual National Accountable Care Organization Summit. AHCA President Mark Parkinson was a keynote speaker, talking about the role of long-term and...