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Interview
On Bayes, Basketball, and Bad Nursing Home Data
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:07:37 GMT · 8 min read
Hi, friends. The 320 is where I write — and talk — about nursing homes and numbers that tell stories. On this episode I chatted with healthcare entrepreneur Zweli Tunyiswa (CEO Open Wound Research) about bayes, basketball, nursing home data, why a smell test can be better than a t-test, and how AI allows you to be very stupid, very quickly, at scale. Produced by Dalton Miksa . Recorded April 2026. The 320 is sponsored by Dog of Day. Woof.
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PBJ Trends
Q1 2026 U.S. Nursing Home Staffing Data
Aug 4, 2026 · 5 min read
PBJ320 nursing home report: facility staffing, state trends, chain data
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Interview
Life Is an Ironman: Dr. Mike Wasserman on Nursing Homes, Active Aging, and Staying Present
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:20:30 GMT · 8 min read
Hi friends. The 320 is where I write — and talk — about nursing homes and numbers that tell stories. The following conversation has been lightly edited for clarity. Eric Goldwein: So there’s a Venn diagram of people that spend half their waking hours thinking about nursing home policy, nursing home data, nursing home advocacy. That’s one circle. And in the other circle, there’s the people that are running 50 miles a week. Now, in the…
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Report
NY Nursing Homes Below 3.50 HPRD on More Than Half of Facility-Days in 2025
Jun 11, 2026 · 12 min read
Day-by-day CMS PBJ analysis: reported staffing below the 3.50 HPRD NY-mapped direct-care standard on more than half of facility-days; quarterly statutory-style rollups in the 596-home facility table.
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PBJ Deep Dive
2025 U.S. Nursing Home Staffing Rankings: Top 10, Bottom 10 ... and Other SEO Crimes
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:20:21 GMT · 8 min read
People love nursing home rankings, Top 10s, Bottom 10s, and listicles. Which means rankings, Top 10s, Bottom 10s, and listicles are good for SEO, good for marketing, and good for 320 Consulting’s web traffic. So now that you’re here — thanks, Google — some bad news: this article is not exactly about 2025 nursing home staffing rankings or Top 10s or Bottom 10s. Sorry. The thing about 1 nursing home staffing rankings is: they’re kind of garbage.…
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PBJ Trends
PBJ Staffing Data Visualizations: National and State Trendline Monitor
Apr 29, 2026 · 6 min read
Patterns and perspectives from 9 years of US nursing home payroll-based journal (PBJ) staffing data.
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PBJ Deep Dive
The Super Bowl: When a “10 out of 10” is a 1 out of 5
Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:20:25 GMT · 8 min read
Last month, Super Bowl audiences saw the usual ads for beer, AI, donuts, jeans, and insurance. But in select markets — and on Long-Term Care LinkedIn — viewers also caught a 30-second spot for a nursing home. The ad follows a woman through a rehab journey filled with friends, jello shots, and O-6-7 Bingo dances. By day 30, #TheHipComeback is complete. “10 out of 10,” she says, walking out of the for-profit Wyoming facility. “This place…
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PBJ Deep Dive
The Other 3,000 Days at Seagate
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:27:52 GMT · 8 min read
In September, a Brooklyn nursing home just a few miles from my apartment made national headlines after the violent death of an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor and great-grandmother. Police say the resident was attacked by her 95-year-old roommate and later died at the hospital. This was a tragedy, but federal records point to a deeper problem. Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has long been marked by chronic understaffing—one of thousands of U.S. nursing homes…
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