Jean Wendland Porter

By now, we’ve all heard how the CDC has lowered requirements for infection control in the new world of endemic COVID-19. But here’s an abridged list anyway:  Vaccination status is no longer used to...

Some people don’t get the viruses that run rampant in their families, their SNFs, their neighborhoods, or in their cities. According to the CDC, more than 80% of children under 18 have had COVID-19 at...

My 89-year-old mother recently spent time in the hospital, and the outcome was uncertain. Prior level of function: independent with ADLs, independent with ambulation without assistive device, independent...

As the pandemic becomes endemic, we can’t drop the push to vaccinate.

Everyone is in a hiring bind. Twenty-four percent of American SNFs report as short-staffed. I’m surprised it’s that low.  We are stressed by losing staff, scheduling interviews with no-shows, and...

Never ruin an apology with an excuse – Ben Franklin Medical malpractice is not something we like to think about. For my entire career, even though I worked for corporations and individual entities,...

The chain and franchise SNFs will mostly survive. But in the face of rising costs, federal cuts and vast numbers of employees leaving the workforce, how can the small operators survive? 

Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill, colloquially known as “Don’t Say Gay.” It reads, “Classroom instruction by school...

We are over a month into 2022 and have already billed the first month of the 15% reduction in therapy reimbursement for our Medicare patients.  You’ll recall that Jan. 1, 2022, was the day that Medicare Part...

Proposed rules almost always become final rules. On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare &  Medicaid Services (after threatening for four years) finalized the 15% payment reduction for outpatient...