McKnight's Podcast

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July 18, 2024 Realizing the potential of senior living
Fee Stubblefield, founder and CEO of The Springs Living, talks with McKnight's Senior Living Editor Lois Bowers about tackling senior living's biggest challenges, making communities more attractive to the next generation of residents, and other lessons shared in his new book, "A Culture of Promise: The True Story of a Small Company's Quest to Transform the Senior Living Industry."
Lois A. Bowers
Editor, McKnight's Senior Living
Fee Stubblefield
Founder and CEO, The Springs Living
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20min
July 16, 2024 As CMS prepares to cut off coverage for advanced wound care products, providers worry about worsening outcomes
A pending decision on whether Medicare will cover skin substitute grafts could put effective wound care tools out of the reach of too many seniors, an expert in wound care and health economics is warning.
Bill Padula, former president of the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and an assistant professor with the Department of pharmaceutical and health economics at the school at the University of Southern California, notes the products in the crosshairs are used to treat DFUs and venous leg ulcers, both common in nursing homes patients.
Medicare Administrative Contractors could remove dozens of options from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services coverage list. And without coverage, doctors likely won’t have a full range of products to reach for — or the ability to offer them as frequently as needed.
“Of course, that doesn't mean that it's impossible to get these skin substitutes to the patient, but they are expensive,” Padula says in this episode hosted by McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kimbelry Marselas. “If Medicare is not paying for it — and we all know the story of seniors on fixed incomes that most are unlikely to be able to afford the of-pocket payments for skin substitutes on their own — this could amount to thousands of dollars every visit.”
As a health economist, Padula acknowledges CMS must monitor spending on evolving products to ensure appropriate use. But this is a coverage decision that could well deliver a literal lesson in an ounce of prevention being better than a pound of cure.
Chronic wounds that don’t heal, notes Padula and a wealth of other researchers, often lead to amputations and increased mortality.
Listen in to learn more about the debate fueled by the MACs’ decision and how providers still hope to shape the ultimate call.
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14min
July 11, 2024 CEO: New Day Healthcare finds success with embrace of value-based care
The latest example of New Day’s innovative care delivery models is integrating a long-term therapy virtual staffing partner into its Texas Medicare Advantage (MA) business. New Day now is hoping to expand this model to other regions. This development, which entailed integrating an episodic care agency into a nonepisodic business, is an extension of the company’s “burning the ships" mantra, which means rethinking business in the wake of MA’s penetration, Herman said. Kaltroco North America, a private equity company that owns New Day, has helped the home care firm succeed with its belief in “doing well by doing good,” Herman said. And thanks to its diversified service lines, New Day has been able to weather continued home health Medicare payment cuts, as well as the 80/20 Medicaid rule. The company is building out its proprietary Carelytics software that allows it to handle chronically ill patients with a longitudinal care approach, predict when they are about to have problems, and intervene.

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Show contributors:
McKnight’s Home Care Editor Liza Berger; G. Scott Herman, CEO and Founder, New Day Healthcare
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23min
June 27, 2024Success breeds success: Elevating DONs achievements to fuel growth, sponsored by PharMerica
Guests:
Robin Arnicar, president, NADONA
TJ Griffin, chief clinical officer, Pharmerica
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22min
June 26, 2024Demystifying AI in long-term care: Strategies to support staff and boost resident outcomes, sponsored by MatrixCare
Guests:
Bharat Monteiro, General Manager, Senior Living and Long-Term Care, MatrixCare
Daniel Zhu, VP of Product for Data, Analytics and AI/ML, MatrixCare
Allison Rainey, Head of Nursing and Clinical Informatics, MatrixCare
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23min
June 18, 2024 Mo Rocca shares what later-in-life achievers can teach us
Journalist, humorist and history buff Mo Rocca talks with McKnight's Senior Living Editor Lois A. Bowers about his latest book, "Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs." He shares inspiring stories of several later-in-life achievers and the lessons we can learn from them, as well as what he hopes to achieve later in life.
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24min
June 18, 2024 Training for the Super Bowl of employee appreciation all year long
National Skilled Nursing Week is meant to honor workers in America’s nursing homes, and plenty of leaders now roll out the red carpet for staff members with annual celebrations and prizes. But CareRite Centers, operating 33 facilities in four states, might be the standout when it comes to making teams feel a part of something bigger.
The company has made a multimillion-dollar commitment to staff and resident experiences that exceed the norm, draw local and national interest, and keep applicants coming and current workers staying. Its’ 10th annual nursing home celebration this spring was no exception, with each building in its network offering events, vacations and raffles to show appreciation for everyone, from housekeeping to the back office.
In this McKnight’s Newsmaker Podcast episode, CareRite Chief Experience Officer Ashley Romano explains why her Experience Team is committed to staff appreciation with a “wow” factor year round and how preparation for skilled nursing week — and opportunities to be honored or win luxurious prizes — actually starts months beforehand.
“A little bit of fun goes a long way,” Romano says, calling Skilled Nursing Week the “Super Bowl” of CareRite staff experience efforts. “It's a beautiful way to celebrate every single discipline. … We wanted to make sure that every single one of our team members knows just how important and impactful they are, not only to the lives that they serve, but to one another.”
Listen in for Romano’s tips on growing your own employee appreciation event, keeping staff motivated with meaningful incentives throughout the year, and building a better reputation as an employer by involving team member families and the broader community in more activities.
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11min
June 13, 2024 Misconceptions about palliative care still abound, two experts assert
There remains confusion about palliative care, which differs from hospice care in that recipients do not have to give up curative care. It focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stresses of the illness for the patient and the family, and it is appropriate at any age and any stage of illness. Also, an interprofessional team delivers it. While Medicare Part B pays for it, the fee-for-service payment remains inadequate, many argue, because it fails to adequately cover the comprehensive team approach. There actually is a strong value proposition under value-based payment, Bowman noted, and many Medicare Advantage plans are contracting with palliative care providers based on this value proposition. There are other bright spots surrounding palliative care, Bowman and Silvers said. One of these is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ request for comment in the hospice proposed rule for fiscal year 2025 about higher-cost palliative care treatments. This opens the door to a new payment system that covers the services of an interdisciplinary specialty care team, Silvers noted. Another positive development is Hawaii recently became the first state to cover palliative care through Medicaid.

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Show contributors:
McKnight’s Home Care Editor Liza Berger; and Brynn Bowman, CEO, and Allison Silvers, Chief Health Care Transformation Officer, of the Center to Advance Palliative Care
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26min
June 11, 2024 ‘Hell yes!’ Why one nursing home company jumped to join the staffing mandate lawsuit
Months before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed federal staffing minimums for nursing homes, the American Health Care Association said it would sue over the rule should it offer providers little hope of compliance.
But when that rule was finalized in May — requiring nursing homes to have RNs on site 24 hours a day and increasing hourly direct care requirements from an earlier proposal — finding providers to carry the legal torch wasn’t necessarily a given.
Many providers might shy away from the possible scrutiny lawsuit involvement would bring, the chance to be pilloried in the mainstream media and have their motives questioned by families. But Derek Prince, CEO and Managing Partner of HMG Healthcare, knew he wanted his company play a major role in the case many now see as a last line of defense for the sector.
When AHCA leaders approached him seeking a Texas provider to share their concerns, Prince told them ‘Hell yes!”
“We instill in all of our folks, ‘Take care of people and we can always defend if you're doing what's right and trying to make stuff better and you're trying to take care of our population,’ ” Prince said. “So in this particular instance, we believe that the lawsuit is what's right.”
The CMS rule is too rigid for the many different kinds of nursing homes in the country and the different patient types they serve, Prince argues.
“It was a fairly easy decision to go, ‘If it’s not us, who,?’ and this is the time to step up. We always tell all of our team members, ‘You've got to get out there and execute, and you've got to be effective.’ And we just thought, ‘We have to walk the walk.’”
In this episode hosted by McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Senior Editor Kimberly Marselas, Prince explains his reasoning on the lawsuit, why his company puts quality achievement ahead of staffing stars and what he sees as the best outcome for his patients and the sector.
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June 06, 2024 Signify Health works to drive care into the home, chief medical officer explains
Signify Health performed over 800,000 home health assessments in the first quarter of 2024 and over 3 million assessments in 2023, Schwarzwald said. The comprehensive yearly assessments aim to provide pictures of patients’ physical and mental health as well as their home situations. One key purpose of the assessment is medication reconciliation. Being a part of CVS Health has allowed the company to offer more services in the home such as piloting new ECG monitors. The partnership also has allowed Signify Health to leverage Oak Street Health, another CVS subsidiary, to connect more patients to primary care providers. Data helps to set Signify Health apart. It has a sophisticated algorithm, which helps identify the right members. It also allows clinicians to determine health gaps and select diagnostic and preventive services to offer in the home. Data reports then are used to inform primary care providers and health plans and find new ways for members to utilize CVS services. Going forward, Signify Health is considering performing patient in-home health assessments more than once a year. It is thinking about opportunities for visits focuses specifically on diabetic, cardiovascular or cognitive health, Schwarzwald said.
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Show contributors:
McKnight’s Home Care Editor Liza Berger and Heidi Schwarzwald, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, SVP, Signify Health
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23min

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