Rethink - Skilled Nursing News

The next episode of our podcast, Rethink, is now available!

In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Ezzie Goldish, CEO of Zahavi Technologies, former CFO for Ohio-based operator LionStone Care.

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The next episode of our podcast, Rethink, is now available!

In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Todd Mehaffey, COO of Trilogy Health Services.

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Since founding the Illinois-based ALIYA Healthcare just over three years ago, CEO Efraim Weinfeld has led its evolution. Under Weinfeld's stewardship, ALIYA has acquired distressed facilities, built a stronger operating platform with improved quality metrics and fostered more facilities with 5-star ratings and lower hospital readmission rates.

In this newest episode of the RETHINK podcast from Skilled Nursing News, Weinfeld joins SNN Senior Editor Zahida Siddiqi to discuss ALIYA's transformation and what comes next.

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The next episode of our podcast, Rethink, is now available!

In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Kevin McInerney, Chief Personnel Officer and Government Affairs representative with Legacy Healthcare.

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Joining today's episode of the RETHINK podcast is Jason Murray, CEO and co-founder of PACS Group, who began his career as a CNA 25 years ago and helped build the company into a major nursing home operator.

After its public debut in June 2024, PACS quickly became the subject of an investigation into its billing practices. Murray says that experience led to what he now describes as a “culture of compliance” within the company.

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The next episode of our podcast, Rethink, is now available!

In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Tracey Moorhead, President and CEO of the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN).

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In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Bill Weisberg, CEO of Saber Healthcare Group.

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SNF-centric human capital management platform Empeon has over 630,000 users, and today's sponsored episode of RETHINK dives into the insights from that wealth of data, starting with this: more than 20% of skilled nursing labor hours now come from agency staff.

Joining host Jack Silverstein of Skilled Nursing News is Empeon Head of Growth and Insight, Morris Isaacson. Along with a dive into the 20% figure, Isaacson shares insights on seasonal hiring trends, fallout from the government shutdown, and his own predictions for 2026. Join us!

This episode of RETHINK is brought to you by Empeon.

Joining us in this episode of RETHINK is Gary Blake, CEO of Creative Solutions in Health Care, who shares his outlook for 2026 and the strategies that helped the company thrive in 2025. He breaks down operational moves that improved staffing stability and explains how expanding the use of nurse practitioners has reduced hospital transfers while raising patient satisfaction.

Gary also details how Creative Solutions has strengthened relationships with hospital partners and why he believes the industry must push back against an increasingly punitive regulatory environment — including problematic trends in nursing home surveys. Looking ahead, he outlines the company’s plan to significantly expand its Texas footprint.

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As financial pressures mount for skilled nursing operators, many are finding that value-based care is more than just the catalyst for improved patient outcomes: it’s also the key to achieving long-term financial stability.

This is the main focus of the latest installment of RETHINK: a podcast on the future of the skilled nursing industry. In the episode, Jack Silverstein of Skilled Nursing News is joined by two guests: Amy Kaszak, Curana Health’s Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, and Armando Guzman, Chief Population Health Officer for Cantex.

Together, Amy and Armando discuss all things value-based care, exploring the benefits for operators, the wins that Cantex has seen in its partnership with Curana, and why operators who think of value-based care as something in the future need to realize that the opposite is likely true: they’re probably already in it.

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