In the News
9/29/26 - Jennifer Napier's article, A Closer Look at the FY 2027 SNF PPS Final Rule, featured on Park Place
9/21/26 - Jennifer Napier included in the Park Place article, PEPPER Review Time Is Here After CMS Release
9/18/26 - McKnight's Long-Term Care News article, 5 Steps For Heading Off Clinical Crises In Skilled Nursing, shares key takeaways from Concept Rehab's and Engage Consulting's Clinical Leadership Academy of Excellence webinar series
8/31/26 - Engage Consulting, Concept Rehab and The Caring Place are featured in the article, "How Five SNFs Earned a 5-Star Quality Rating and a 15% Rate Incentive" in Skilled Nursing News
July/August 2026 - Martha Shaker recognized in the McKnight's Long-Term Care magazine in this recap article as a 2026 Women of Distinction honoree
8/26/26 - Martha Shaker recognized as an Employ Humanity 2026 Inspirational Leader
8/19/26 - Kristen Ealden's article "Discharge Function Score: Don't Leave Points (and Dollars) on Table" was featured on Park Place
8/18/26 - Jennifer Napier's article, "PDPM “Case Mix Creep” and the Future of Reimbursement" was featured on Park Place
8/4/26 - Engage Consulting, Concept Rehab, along with partner The Caring Place Health Care Group, are Finalists in the McKnight’s Tech Awards competition in the Quality category
7/17/26 - Jennifer Napier was featured in the McKnight's Long-Term Care News article, 5 PBJ reporting pitfalls to avoid as feds appear poised to ratchet up audits
7/2/26 - Jennifer Napier's article, "Are Your Ready For A CMS Data Validation Audit?" was published on Park Place
6/25/26 - Jennifer Napier's article, "CMS signals potential case mix adjustments" was included in McKnight's Long-Term Care News
6/22/26 - Kendra Nicastro's article, "Do You Really Know Your Competition?" was featured on Park Place
May/June 2026 - Concept Rehab and Engage Consulting included in McKnight's Long-term Care News: Integrate Advantage unifies therapy, compliance, and reimbursement strategy
May/June 2026 - Kim Saylor included in McKnight's Long-Term Care News Therapy's New Mandate in Protecting Reimbursement article
5/15/26 - Kim Saylor's article, "Part 2: An Operating Model for Driving Measurable SNF Performance" was featured on Park Place
5/11/26 - Martha Shaker, President and CEO, included in the McKnight's article "5 Top Leadership Lessons: Aging services stars share strategies for resilience, growth, succession"
5/5/26 - Kim Saylor's article, "Aligning SNF Teams Around the Metrics That Now Define Success" was featured on Park Place
4/7/26 - Concept Rehab and Marianne Hassen featured in McKnight's Long-Term Care News "Celebrating Every Step: Highlighting Therapy Victories"
4/2/26 - Teresa Remy's article "How to strengthen medication compliance in assisted living" was featured in McKnight's Senior Living
3/9/26 - Jennifer Napier included in the McKnight's Long-Term Care News article "Skilled nursing experts weigh whether PDPM rate add-ons will stay or go in next pay rule"
3/1/26 - Concept Rehab and Engage Consulting included in the March/April print issue of McKnight's Long-term Care News announcing the new Integrate Advantage contract therapy + MDS consulting model
2/24/26 - Martha Shaker, President and CEO of Engage Consulting and Concept Rehab, receives McKnight's Women of Distinction honor
2/20/26 - Jennifer Napier was included in the Park Place article, "OIG Audit of Opioids in SNFs Needs Redirection to Be More Useful"
2/9/26 - Engage Consulting included in McKnight's Long-Term Care News article, "Providers may be blindsided by unexpected CMS antipsychotic data changes, experts warn"
1/12/26 - Engage Consulting included in McKnight's Long-Term Care News article, "First data validation requests hit provider inboxes with a technological thud
11/28/25 - Engage Consulting included in McKnight's Long-Term Care News article, Providers on the lookout after ‘implausible’ CMS audit findings - McKnight's Long-Term Care News"
11/18/25 - Engage Consulting included in McKnight's Long-Term Care News article, "OIG launches PDPM audits and wants first nursing home it reviewed to repay $31M - McKnight's Long-Term Care News"
11/2/25 - Engage Consulting included in McKnight's Long-Term Care News article, "Converting to case-mix payment models triggers new state audits of nursing homes"
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