Irvine, CA-based Healthpeak Properties reported in September that its overall average daily census for its continuing care retirement community portfolio, which includes skilled nursing, increased 0.6%...
October Business Briefs
Oct 01, 2020
CareTrust REIT Inc. acquired two Montana skilled nursing facilities in an off-market transaction, the company announced in early September.
Florida’s reopening plan for nursing homes earns praise from CMS chief, may have informed guidance
Oct 01, 2020
Florida may have served as a template for the federal government’s guidance unveiled in September on nursing home visitation. The plan received high praise from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Surveyors get tested
Oct 01, 2020
MINNESOTA — Nursing home surveyors in Minnesota are now being tested for COVID-19, after state officials faced criticism for allowing the inspectors to go into facilities without first being tested for...
Discharge policy slammed
Oct 01, 2020
RHODE ISLAND — Nursing home providers have pushed back against the state’s decision to ease COVID-19 testing requirements for patients discharged from hospitals and into long-term care facilities.
Facilities ask for $300M
Oct 01, 2020
PENNSYLVANIA — Nonprofit long-term care operators in the state have asked for a piece of the $1 billion stimulus funding pie that was allocated to the state earlier this year.
300 surveyors untested
Oct 01, 2020
CALIFORNIA — California health officials had yet to test at least 60% of its nursing home inspectors for COVID-19 despite promises to do so from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
12 facilities resume visits
Oct 01, 2020
TEXAS — Just 12 nursing homes had met Texas’ criteria for resuming visitation at their facilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of press time.
October Company Briefs
Oct 01, 2020
One Equity Partners and The Silverfern Group have acquired American Medical Technologies, an independent provider of wound care programs for more than 6,000 U.S. long-term care facilities.
October FocusOn Briefs
Oct 01, 2020
TekTone enters remote patient monitoring space with Stay Smart Care transaction, CarePredict to publish research on wearable device outcomes, contact tracing, and Kisco adds temp monitoring sign-in kiosks...