Skilled nursing facility leaders could be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief now that the formal transition to the Patient-Driven Payment Model is behind them. Preparing for the biggest overhaul in Medicare reimbursements in two decades has been a challenging and stressful experience for the industry, where many facilities already operate on thin profit margins. Continue reading →

With little time left before we go to the polls, nursing and the NHS have become crucial battlegrounds in the election campaign. But too often, those at the eye of the storm the health workers themselves have been locked out of this debate. The NHS has imposed strict rules on speaking out and high-profile politicians have been able to throw around figures with little understanding of the issues involved. Continue reading →

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To better position themselves for changing demographics and other industry headwinds, a sizable chunk of home health providers plan to further diversify their specialty services within the next two years. Thats mostly true for everything apart from therapy-related services, which virtually no providers plan on expanding anytime soon Continue reading →

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University hosted the Legacy of Arthur Ashe in the 21st Century lecture, on Wednesday Dec. Continue reading →