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Skilled Nursing News covers the business and operations for Skilled Nursing owners, operators and developers.

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Dr. Andrew McNamara, Chief Medical Officer, Trilogy Health Services

September 24, 2025 • 15 mins
In the latest episode of RETHINK, Trilogy Health Services Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew McNamara shares his perspective on the company's value-based care strategy, common misunderstandings around Medicare Advantage, ideas for simplifying MA processes, and how to address rising resident acuity. Trilogy operates over 134 senior living communities across five states, with many offering t...
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Kimberly Green, CEO, Sage Integrated Health

July 29, 2025 • 43 mins
In this episode of RETHINK, CEO Kimberly Green shares her journey that led to her founding Sage Integrated Health this year. Green has been in the skilled nursing industry for decades, formerly as Chief Operating Officer at the Diakonos Group. Sage Integrated Health serves the Greater Tulsa and Oklahoma City markets. Green spoke with SNN about her new venture, and what it has been like ...
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Eric Palm, Chief Growth Officer, Provider Partners Connect Care

June 30, 2025 • 31 mins
Joining us on this episode of Rethink, the Skilled Nursing News podcast, is Eric Palm, Chief Growth Officer at Provider Partners Connect Care. At 35, Eric is part of a new generation of health care executives shaping the future of long-term care with a blend of innovation, empathy, and real-world experience. Provider Partners Connect Care is a value-based care organization focused exclu...
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Zach Cattell, President and CEO, Cardon & Associates

June 23, 2025 • 39 mins
In this episode of Rethink, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Zach Cattell, newly appointed President and CEO of Cardon & Associates, a second-generation, family-owned company operating 20 senior living communities and affiliated health care services throughout Indiana. With a background in health care law and public policy, Zach brings more than two decades of leadership experience i...
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Dr. Robert Russell, Chief Medical Officer, Majestic Care

April 25, 2025 • 32 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Dr. Robert Russell, Chief Medical Officer for Majestic Care. Russell touched on survey changes set to take effect, shared his thoughts on the legal decision concerning the federal staffing mandate, and shared why he thinks embracing technology is key to meeting an evolving clinical landscape. Tune in now! ...
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Jessie McGill, Senior Curriculum Development Specialist, AAPACN

March 25, 2025 • 29 mins
Joining us on today's episode of RETHINK is Jessie McGill, Senior Curriculum Development Specialist of the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing, or AAPACN, which represents more than 20,000 post-acute care nurses and professionals. In this interview, Jessie discusses the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing program, provides the ins and outs of how this program is p...
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Keith Persinger, CEO, Provider Partners Connect Care

March 10, 2025 • 29 mins
In this episode of Rethink, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Keith Persinger, CEO of Provider Partners Connect Care, about how providers can navigate the evolving skilled nursing payment landscape and capitalize on value-based care. Persinger also explains how Provider Partners Connect Care’s High-Needs ACO REACH program helps long-term care operators and physicians enhance care, reduce ...
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Bernie McGuinness, CEO, Journey Skilled Nursing

March 9, 2025 • 40 mins
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Aimee Middleton, Chief Operating Officer, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society

February 24, 2025 • 36 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Aimee Middleton, chief operating officer at the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, one of the largest non-profit providers of senior care and services, including skilled nursing. The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Good Samaritan Society has 200 locations in 17 states currently. Middleton spoke about ongoing staffing challenges and how ...
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Bob Lane, Director, Long-term Care & Senior Living, Forvis Mazars

January 15, 2025 • 19 mins
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Barb Clapp, CEO, Dwyer Workforce Development

January 14, 2025 • 24 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Barb Clapp, CEO of Dwyer Workforce Development, which has been training and placing workers in partner nursing homes – a footprint that is fast growing. Since the program’s inception in 2021, Dwyer Workforce Development has trained around 6,000 CNAs, according to Clapp.
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Rick Matros, CEO, Sabra Healthcare REIT

December 5, 2024 • 35 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Rick Matros, CEO of Sabra Healthcare REIT. Matros, who has served as CEO for Sabra since May 2010, discussed the challenges in skilled nursing financing, why Medicaid rates are expected to remain high through 2025, and the REIT’s focus on innovative providers along with tech pilots to enhance operations. ...
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Neil Pruitt, Chairman and CEO, PruittHealth

October 29, 2024 • 29 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Neil Pruitt, chairman and CEO of PruittHealth, which has been expanding and diversifying at a steady pace with more facilities and new services lines, and no plans to downsize. “We always say we don't sell. We buy and we build,” he told Skilled Nursing News.
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Clifton J. Porter II, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, AHCA/NCAL

July 29, 2024 • 54 mins
The next episode of our podcast, Rethink, is now available! In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Clifton J. Porter II. Clif very recently was tapped by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living to be its next president and CEO starting this fall; he currently serves as the association’s senior vice president of government relations. He exp...
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Derek Prince, president and CEO, HMG Healthcare

June 21, 2024 • 20 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Derek Prince, president and CEO of HMG Healthcare. HMG oversees 37 post-acute care facilities across Texas and Kansas. Derek is one of the Texas operators leading the American Health Care Association’s lawsuit against federal agencies, seeking to rescind the staffing rule. Derek has also served as a board member for the Texas Health Care ...
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Mike Bailey, President and CEO, American Health Partners

May 10, 2024 • 25 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Michael Bailey, president and CEO of American Health Partners. Mike discusses the company’s growing TruHealth division, a proactive team of nurse practitioners and physician assistants providing coordinated care at the bedside, and other top-of-mind challenges to the sector including survey changes and the finalized federal staffing manda...
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Eran Arden, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, RESTORE-Skills

April 30, 2024 • 16 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Eran Arden, Chief Executive Officer and Founder at RESTORE-Skills, which recently launched a new platform to enable skilled nursing operators to improve efficiency, make data-driven decisions, and enhance productivity. Arden, who began his career in digital marketing in Israel, says that in the “post PDPM world,” nursing home operators mu...
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Nicole Pretre, CEO, Cedar Community

March 28, 2024 • 18 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Nicole Pretre, president and CEO of Cedar Community, a 5-campus community with skilled nursing. Nicole says that while often overlooked, employee surveys have turned out to be turnover busters. While time intensive, they have been effective tools, alongside other workforce initiatives, in allowing clear communication and addressing employ...
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Jerald Cosey, Founder and CEO, J. Cosey Speaks

January 3, 2024 • 42 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Jerald Cosey, senior health care expert and owner of J. Cosey Speaks, who served as operational leadership development director for American Senior Communities until September 2023. Jerald, a senior care veteran, says nursing home operators must "rehydrate and motivate" their staff through leadership development, reigniting purpose while ...
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Kent Rodgers, president and CEO of CarDon & Associates

November 14, 2023 • 47 mins
In this episode, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Kent Rodgers, president and CEO of CarDon & Associates. Kent discusses CarDon’s 90% occupancy on average across its 19 buildings, all while acquiring a pharmacy and diving into the I-SNP world with Optum, and reaching an “equilibrium” between its labor retention and agency use.
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