Lynn Hood to receive 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
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James M. Berklan
Mar 12, 2024
Lynn Hood, a long-term care executive well-known for answering the call to act under emergency conditions in addition to being a champion of employees, has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement...
AHCA’s Parkinson to step down next January
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James M. Berklan
Feb 21, 2024
Mark Parkinson, the U.S. nursing home industry’s most influential spokesman for at least a generation, announced today he will be stepping down from his post as president and CEO of the American Health...
Parkinson named 2nd annual McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards Career Achievement Award winner
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James M. Berklan
Jan 11, 2024
Mark Parkinson, the congenial Kansan who turned in a state governorship to become the top executive of the largest US long-term care association 13 years ago, has been chosen as the 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle...
CMS prods hospitals to improve discharge info for home health, SNFs
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James M. Berklan
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 08, 2023
The home care community is supporting a special memo issued this week that draws attention to hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information.
2023 McKnight’s Tech Awards entry period now open!
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James M. Berklan
May 11, 2023
The 2023 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards are now open for nominations and registrations.
Kramer named McKnight’s Pinnacle Career Achievement Award winner
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James M. Berklan
Jan 11, 2023
Robert G. Kramer, the entrepreneurial thought leader who created a forum for investors in long-term care and revolutionized the use of data in the space, has been chosen as the 2023 Career Achievement...
Best of the best: McKnight’s announces inaugural Pinnacle Award winners
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James M. Berklan
Dec 13, 2022
Thirty top industry veterans who have set new standards, driven change and inspired others have been named to the inaugural class of McKnight’s Pinnacle Award winners, organizers announced Monday. Among...
‘Vision’ for home care leadership emerges at landmark conference
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James M. Berklan
Jun 22, 2022
The pipeline to better develop home care and other long-term and post-acute care leaders took another big step forward Tuesday in Chicago with the announcement of the Vision Centre: Leadership Development...