Tag: Nursing

CMS Staffing Rule Review After the Reversal

Policy and Politics - Federal

CMS Staffing Rule Review Post Reversal

CMS staffing rule review: what its reversal means for senior care quality, reimbursement, workforce policy, and operator strategy for 2026 nationwide….

Assisted Living

The Impact of Baby Boomers on Senior Living/Senior Healthcare

The oldest boomers are about to turn 80 in 2026. This age point is typically the trigger point for advancing needs in secure living environments, services increase (ADL and IADL support), and increasing healthcare consumption….

Health Policy and Economics

Wednesday Feature: CMS SNF Staffing Mandate Stalled? The Abt Report on Feasibility…

Happy Hump Day! Another Wednesday with news too heavy to ignore. I’ll try to return to some levity and light in future Wednesday features. For a number of years, CMS has been playing with developing…

Health Policy and Economics

The Status of RNs in Health Care

Nurses, particularly RNs, and their role and work in health care is a subject of deep interest to me. My wife is a nurse, our daughter is a nurse, my mom was a nurse, and…

Health Policy and Economics

Friday Feature: Nursing and LTC

Each Friday (hopefully so), I will take a specific topic that has been in the news or been directly posed to me by a colleague or a reader and do a bit of a deep…

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Reg

Healthcare executive, consultant, and author covering post-acute care, senior living, and the economics behind both - for 30+ years.

The Weekly Briffing

No noise - just what changed in healthcare policy and economics, and why it matters to your operation.