PATHTalks: Mandatory Education — Streamlined and Impactful

Whether you are a leader in skilled nursing, assisted living, or any other long-term care environment, it is imperative that your team has the educational preparation to demonstrate knowledge and expertise in the mandatory education requirements and other skill sets that will support quality outcomes. Some of the Mandatory Education topics include: Abuse Accident Prevention...


The Perfect Partnership: Change and Stability

  Insights from Douglas Olson, Ph.D., MBA, NHA, FACHC – Senior Advisor, Pathway Health You don’t often think of change and stability as related concepts or ideas, but in senior living leadership, they are absolutely connected. Change is constant in both our professional and private lives. Getting from Point A to Point B requires change...


The Perfect Partnership: Change and Stability

  Insights from Douglas Olson, Ph.D., MBA, NHA, FACHC – Senior Advisor, Pathway Health You don’t often think of change and stability as related concepts or ideas, but in senior living leadership, they are absolutely connected. Change is constant in both our professional and private lives. Getting from Point A to Point B requires change...


Watch & Learn: What Clinical Leaders Need to Consider in the Post-Pandemic Environment

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical leaders and teams have had to quickly adapt to changes in approaches to care and facility operations. At Pathway Health, it is our goal to support your success with tools and resources backed by Insight, expertise and knowledge. Tune in below for an insightful conversation between our Chief Strategy and...


Watch & Learn: What Clinical Leaders Need to Consider in the Post-Pandemic Environment

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical leaders and teams have had to quickly adapt to changes in approaches to care and facility operations. At Pathway Health, it is our goal to support your success with tools and resources backed by Insight, expertise and knowledge. Tune in below for an insightful conversation between our Chief Strategy and...


The 2022 Final Rule: A Reimbursement Overview

Insights from Karolee Withers, RN, RAC-CT – Director of Reimbursement and Clinical Consulting Much has changed about providing care to seniors in the post-acute care space since the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) was declared. For the first time since the PHE was initiated, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated nursing...


Leadership Insights: Celebrating Nurse Leaders

As we celebrate National Nurses Week 2022, nursing caregivers are joining their colleagues nationwide in celebration of the professional practice of nursing.  National Nurses Week, being held May 6-12 (ending the birthday of nursing founder Florence Nightingale), is an exciting opportunity for health care leaders to show their nursing teams how much they are honored,...


LTC Administrators: Celebrating Our Impact

Insights from Douglas Olson, Ph.D., MBA, NHA, FACHC – Senior Advisor, Pathway Health It is Long Term Care Administrators Week and a great time to let the sun come out and shine a bit on you and each other. You are leading organizations that value both the dignity and relationships with elders and others that...


Pathway Perspectives: Competency-Based Training

  Designing a Competency-Based Training Program   The complexity of the health care environment requires staff to participate in educational programs that ensure they have the knowledge, skills and abilities to provide individualized care. Recently, we connected with Lisa Thomson and Sue LaGrange to discuss the importance of competency-based training to support clinical outcomes. Below...


The Critical Role of the MDS Coordinator for the Success of Your Facility

Over the years, the Minimum Data Set (MDS) has evolved beyond a clinical assessment tool. It is no longer “paperwork” that any nurse can fill in. Successful completion of the MDS requires complex expertise, exposure to the nursing home environment, knowledge of the MDS coding rules, awareness of the federal nursing home regulations, deep understanding...


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