Senior Living Executive Strategy (formerly Gravity Healthcare Hacks)

Food as Medicine in Assisted Living, Part 1: With Matt Henney of Metz Culinary Management

Most senior living communities say dining matters, but in assisted living the budget often tells a different story. Even when independent living and assisted living share

Speed to Human: Preparing Senior Living for the Next Growth Wave

AI can support the work. But in senior living, it cannot replace the human moments that determine trust, culture and occupancy.  Melissa Brown continues her conversation

Before Occupancy Drops: The Warning Signs Senior Living Executives Need to Watch with Jerry Vinci

Occupancy is a lagging indicator. By the time census begins to fall, the problems behind it may have been visible for months. In this episode, Melissa Brown talks with J

What Nursing Home Lawsuits Reveal About Staffing, Documentation, and Risk

In this episode of Senior Living Executive Strategy, Melissa Brown welcomes Rob Schenk of Schenk Nursing Home Abuse Law for a candid conversation about what senior living

CMS Paused New Home Health Agencies — What Happens Next?

CMS has paused new home health and hospice Medicare applications nationwide — and if your senior living organization was planning to start, acquire, or expand a home heal

SNF Proposed Rule 2027: The Real Impact on Reimbursement, PDPM, and Case Mix

The FY 2027 SNF Proposed Rule may only be 40 pages long… but the implications for skilled nursing operators are massive. In this episode of Gravity Healthcare Hacks, Mel

Contract Rehab Is Failing—Here’s What Smart Operators Are Doing Instead

Contract rehab used to make sense. Today… it’s quietly holding a lot of buildings back. In this episode of Gravity Healthcare Hacks, Melissa Brown and Carly Chronister b

Is Your Rehab Program Really Working? The Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking

Is your rehab program truly performing — or just getting by? In this episode of Gravity Healthcare Hacks, Melissa Brown and Lead Therapy Consultant Carly Chronister unpa

Why Everything Is Changing in Therapy — and You Should Too

Why Everything Is Changing in Therapy — and You Should Too Gravity Healthcare Hacks | Episode 64 The therapy landscape is shifting—again—and many senior living and skil

The 2026 Home Health Final Rule: Fraud, Compliance, and What Agencies Must Fix Now

As home health agencies prepare for 2026, CMS is turning up the heat on fraud, compliance, and enforcement—and the consequences are more serious than ever. In this episo

Navigating the 2026 Final Rule: Strategies That Actually Work

The 2026 Home Health Final Rule is late—but the impact is already here. In this episode, Melissa Brown (COO) sits down with Devin Kassi, Gravity’s VP of Home Health Opera

Beyond Therapy: How Specialty Physicians Can Drive PDPM Medicaid Success

As more states transition to PDPM for Medicaid, therapy is no longer the primary driver of case mix index (CMI). So where do providers turn next? In this episode, Meliss

Bridging Generations in Senior Living with Chiriga Ofori

What happens when you bring together seniors and young adults with special needs under one roof? In this episode, Melissa Brown sits down with Chiriga Ofori, CEO of Kinbr

PDPM Medicaid Uncovered: What Facilities Miss (and How to Get Ahead)

In this second half of our deep dive, Melissa Brown, COO of Gravity Consulting, continues her conversation with Melissa Keiter on the critical challenges—and opportunitie

Will PDPM Medicaid Sink Your Facility? What You Need to Know Before You Fall Behind the Curve

The clock is ticking. With the mandatory transition to PDPM Medicaid coming October 1st, many providers are still unprepared—and it’s already impacting their margins. In

Real-World AI in Senior Living: Insights from Dr. Carol McKinley

In this episode, Melissa Brown sits down with Dr. Carol McKinley, President and CEO of Simpson Senior Services, for a powerful conversation about how senior living provid

Will AI Replace Humans in Healthcare? A Candid Discussion with Jeff Robinson

Episode 56: Will AI Replace Humans in Healthcare? A Candid Discussion with Jeff Robinson In this episode, Melissa Brown, COO of Gravity Consulting, sits down with Jeff R

Telehealth Forever—Why It’s Time to Make It Permanent

In this episode of Gravity Healthcare Hacks, host Melissa Brown, COO of Gravity Healthcare Consulting, tackles the ongoing debate around telehealth—and why it's time

AI—Advantage or Danger in Healthcare?

Episode 54: AI—Advantage or Danger in Healthcare? In this episode of Gravity Healthcare Hacks, host Melissa Brown (COO of Gravity Healthcare Consulting) welcomes Richard

Why You Could Be Missing Out Because of LinkedIn (with Guest Sheikh Ali)

In this episode of Gravity Healthcare Hacks, host Melissa Brown (COO of Gravity Healthcare Consulting) sits down with Sheikh Ali, founder and owner of SC Medical Media, t