Understanding the Significance of F-761: New PATHTalks
Medication safety is a key predictor of quality outcomes in skilled nursing facilities. However, F761 – Labeling and Storage of Drugs and Biologicals has risen into the Top 10 most cited deficiencies nationwide, indicating a significant risk for organizations across In our latest PATHTalks episode, our Director of Regulatory and Consulting Services, Nancy Foss, explores why...
Bubble Wrapping is Key to Retention Success: New PATHTalks
Insights from Clint Maun, President and Senior Partner of Maun-Lemke Consulting Recruitment may get people in the door, but retention determines whether organizations truly stabilize their workforce. In post-acute and senior living, turnover remains one of the most persistent challenges, with a significant portion occurring within the first 90 days of employment. Staffing challenges are...
New PATHTalks on ARD: A Leadership Imperative for Accurate Reimbursement and Compliance
Selecting the Assessment Reference Date (ARD) for the Medicare 5-Day and Interim Payment Assessment (IPA) is one of the most consequential decisions in the MDS process. Yet, it is often treated as a routine task rather than a strategic one. In today’s complex reimbursement environment, ARD selection directly influences payment accuracy, compliance integrity, and an...
Team-Based Initiatives for Staffing Success
Workforce challenges continue to be one of the most complex and persistent issues facing post-acute and senior care leaders. While recruitment and retention are often discussed as HR responsibilities, the reality is far more nuanced. When it comes to staffing, success is not achieved through isolated efforts or siloed departments. It requires alignment, accountability, and...
Ad Hoc QAPI Meetings: New PATHTalks Episode on Regulatory Success
In today’s post-acute and long-term care environment, leaders are constantly balancing daily operations with the ongoing need to improve quality outcomes. QAPI (Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement) goes beyond a regulatory requirement. It is a culture, a framework for continuous learning, and a core leadership responsibility. While quarterly QAPI meetings are required in skilled nursing,...
Building a Strong Advance Care Planning Program: A PATHTalks with Key Strategies for Sustainable Success
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is one of the most meaningful and complex responsibilities in post-acute and long-term care. When done well, ACP ensures that residents’ values and preferences guide care decisions throughout their journey. When done inconsistently, it can lead to confusion, conflict, and care that does not align with what residents want most. Strong...
New PATHTalks Episode on Ways to Stop Ineffective Quick Hiring
In today’s post-acute and senior living environments, staffing pressure can push leaders toward fast decisions that feel necessary in the moment but often create long-term consequences. Vacancies, overtime, agency reliance, and staff fatigue make “quick hiring” tempting. Yet, ineffective and rushed hiring is one of the most common drivers of turnover, disengagement, and instability. Quick...
Clinical Competency in Assisted Living: New PATHTalks Episode
As the senior living landscape rapidly evolves, leaders across assisted living, home and community-based services, and post-acute care are navigating rising expectations and increasingly complex resident needs. Older adults are choosing to age in place, bringing higher acuity, multiple chronic conditions, and new service expectations into assisted living settings—areas once designed for lower-intensity support. As...
Ageism in Long-Term Care
The impact of ageism in the post-acute and long-term care sector is intensifying. As demographic shifts accelerate and more adults age with chronic conditions, age-based bias affects health outcomes, care quality, and the well-being of millions. What is Ageism?Ageism is the stereotyping, prejudice, or discrimination against individuals based solely on their age. It affects people...
Integrating QAPI With Direct Line Staff
In long-term and post-acute care, QAPI (Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement) is often talked about as a meeting, a task, or a regulatory requirement. However, QAPI is fundamentally a culture that requires full engagement from every department and every staff member, not just leadership. Historically, QAPI meetings were treated like data dumps. Teams gathered monthly...
