» The 2020 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program is underway, once again featuring tracks for skilled care and senior living providers. Each includes six categories and multiple entries...
Sabra: PDPM’s cost savings dwindle in wake of COVID-19
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
The financial savings from the Patient Driven Payment Model have “pretty much gone away” following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Sabra Health Care REIT CEO Rick Matros noted in a first-quarter...
Occupancy falls by 11%
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
Diversicare Healthcare Services President and CEO Jay McKnight estimated that the skilled nursing industry saw an 11% drop in occupancy in the first quarter, largely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
June Business Briefs
Jun 01, 2020
» HealthDirect Pharmacy Services announced it acquired the long-term care pharmacy operations of Northeast Pharmacy Services in May. It’s the company’s sixth pharmacy in the state of Pennsylvania....
States hold the key to new MDS item sets, expert says
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
Providers’ responses to an update of MDS item sets 3.0 (version 1.17.2) will largely depend on what their respective state Medicaid agencies will require under the new format, a payment expert said.
NY nursing homes no longer being forced to accept residents who have already been COVID-19 positive
Jun 01, 2020
New York has ended a requirement that forced nursing homes to admit residents, regardless of their COVID-19 status, in a reversal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
Operators avert big strike
Jun 01, 2020
ILLINOIS — Dozens of Illinois nursing home providers averted a strike by increasing wages by 24% and agreeing to provide hazard pay for workers.
Window visits eyed
Jun 01, 2020
Washington — Providers in the state defended themselves against complaints that their facilities have stopped window visits during the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 testing halted
Jun 01, 2020
Massachusetts — State officials temporarily paused a program that provided coronavirus testing kits to long-term care providers in an effort to improve quality control problems, a state official said...
Asymptomatic testing a go
Jun 01, 2020
California — California state officials announced in late April that they would begin testing asymptomatic individuals in nursing homes.