NASL Members in the News

Skilled Nursing News - Nursing Home Workforce, Medicare Advantage, Therapy Pay in Focus on Capitol Hill, by Amy Stulick for Skilled Nursing News, Michaela Sims, President, Sims Strategies and NASL Policy Counsel, and Cynthia Morton, Executive President, Advion (10/11/22)

 

Skilled Nursing News - CMS Proposes Further Cuts to Therapy Providers With 'No Relief on the Horizon', Mark Besch, Chair, NASL Medical Services Committee, and Martha Schram, NASL Immediate Past President, Aegis Therapies, and Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL.  (7/13/22)

 

McKnight's Long-Term Care News - COVID-19 dealt a devastating blow to nursing homes — don’t let looming cuts make it worse, Cynthia Morton, Guest Blogger, Executive Vice President, NASL (7/12/21)

 

McKnight’s Long Term Care News “Big, big changes” coming to nursing home regulation thanks to pandemic’s destruction, Grabowski says, in his keynote address to the NASL 31st Annual Meeting.  (11/16/20)

 

The Hill  - Medicare cuts to seniors in nursing homes during COVID-19 is unfathomableOp-Ed by Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL. (11/14/20) 

 

McKnight's Long-Term Care News - ProMedica Senior Care garners Gold in Tech Awards for expanding transitional call program
ProMedica Senior Care (formerly known as HCR ManorCare) and CareOne (9/30/20)

 

Philadelphia Inquirer - The road to recovery after serious COVID-19 is long.  Some may never be the same.  Various NASL members. (8/11/20)

 

McKnight's Long-Term Care News - Meet Cynthia Morton, McKnight’s 2020 Women of Distinction Hall of Honor Inductee
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (7/20/20)

 

Skilled Nursing News - Vetting COVID-19 Testing Partners: What Nursing Homes Need to Know Now
Christopher Martin, Chair, NASL Diagnostic Testing Committee, CEO, American Health Associates  (4/28/20)

 

Skilled Nursing News - Therapists Find Some COVID-19 Telehealth Opportunities — But Remain Off Medicare List
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (4/24/20)

 

Skilled Nursing News - Inside a COVID-19 Testing Company’s Nursing Home Strategy: New Methods, Logistical Struggles
Christopher Martin, Chair, NASL Diagnostic Testing Committee, CEO, American Health Associates   (4/9/20)

 

Skilled Nursing News Speech Therapy Poised to Take Center Stage in Skilled Nursing Under PDPM
Garry Pezzano, Senior Vice President of Clinical Practice at Genesis Rehab Services and Josh Pickus, CEO of Optima Healthcare Solutions.  (11/28/18)

 

Skilled Nursing News  - Aegis CEO: Therapy Can Still Drive Skilled Nursing Revenue Under PDPM
NASL President, Martha Schram, President and CEO of Aegis Therapies.  (11/15/18)

McKnight's - NASL – the Little Engine that Does
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL  (10/3/18)

McKnight's Therapy relief, but also plenty of provider concerns with newly published CMS payment rule
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (7/30/18)

McKnight's - Therapy Caps Back on as Congress Delays Action
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (1/4/18)


McKnight's'Extenders' Package Would Repeal Therapy Caps, but SNF Payment Changes May be Included 
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (10/16/17)


McKnight's Nursing homes' 1% Medicare pay increase 'unlikely' to cover costs, expert warns  
Cynthia Morton, 
Executive Vice President, NASL (8/2/17)

McKnight'sCMS wants more comments on revisions to skilled nursing case-mix methodology.  
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (6/14/17)


McKnight's - GAO gets it right with need for more IT
Cynthia Morton, NASL Executive Vice President, McKnight’s guest column (5/11/17) 


McKnight's - Content with capped 1% increase, providers turn focus to quality aspects of pay rule
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (5/1/17)

McKnight's - Joint Exercise 
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (4/5/17)


McKnight's - Providers exhale but remain cautious after healthcare bill demise
Cynthia Morton, Executive Vice President, NASL (3/27/17)