Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - Updated Daily
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - Updated Daily
This morning, I caught some reporting on the Biden Administration’s plan to issue an executive order, a rather large order, that will include several provisions related to jobs and long-term care. Recall in recent articles…
AI or Artificial Intelligence has been in the news a lot over the past few months. ChatGPT is the program that I’ve seen the most about. Elon Musk has come forward warning of the advance…
In this new category of snapshots, I’ll grab some data and headlines and offer a few insights on a topic. This week is full of key economic data regarding inflation. Reading through the data for…
The first quarter is now in the books (so to speak) and the trend for senior housing remains about the same, a little better but not back to pre-pandemic levels. With a softening real estate…
‘Tis the season for CMS to release updated payment and program rules for providers under Medicare. In the past week or so, we’ve seen releases for Hospice and Inpatient Rehab Facilities. A couple of days…
There is a common business axiom, one I have used/repeated many times over: “You can’t save yourself to a profit(able business)”. In health care and in senior living/senior housing, challenges abound and almost daily, new…
One quarter (three months and change) down and PDPM appears to be mostly positive for SNFs. CMS is reporting a higher average per diem payment level than under RUGs. Despite some added coding complexity, paperwork…
The beautiful, fascinating thing about health policy in the U.S. is its cycle of evolution. It evolves, sometimes slowly and other times quickly but always, in a progressive (not in the political sense) direction. Providers…
After CMS nixed the mandatory expansion provisions for Bundled Payments and reduced the metro areas participating in CJR (joint replacement), the prospects for post-acute provider involvement in non-fee-for-service initiatives (payments and incentives based on disease…
I’m not sure how many of my readers are following the subject and CMS stance/policy on interoperability among providers but the concepts and resultant debate are rather interesting. I am trying to encourage as many…
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