Omicron variant, lack of booster prioritization could haunt SNFs as occupancy dips
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 10, 2021
Skilled nursing occupancy declined in September, weeks before the omicron variant of COVID-19 arrived and further threatened the industry’s recovery.
Senators approve Medicare provider relief
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 10, 2021
Long-term care providers are closer to avoiding Medicare cuts that would reduce reimbursements by nearly 10% after a Senate vote Thursday evening.
Consumer report reignites push for stricter nursing home staffing requirements
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 10, 2021
Consumer advocates are pushing Senate leaders to pass two staffing proposals — that providers have estimated would cost nursing homes $12 billion — after a new study found few states have implemented...
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Dec 10, 2021
Senate votes to overturn vaccine or test mandate for private employers with more than 100 workers … Houston giving $57 million to address staff shortages in long-term care … Bill that would allow families...
‘Very good deal’ in House would give providers big relief from Medicare cuts
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Danielle Brown
Dec 09, 2021
Industry stakeholders are pushing Congressional leaders to finish the job after lawmakers took their first steps toward averting three separate Medicare cuts that would reduce payments to providers by...
Full-time clinicians in nursing homes nearly doubled in a decade, research shows
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Danielle Brown
Dec 09, 2021
Nursing home operators have not only admitted an increasingly frail number of patients, they’ve also hired a correspondingly larger pool of clinicians to treat them, according to a decade-long research...
Also in the News for Thursday, Dec. 9
Dec 09, 2021
All three major Biden vaccine mandates frozen after Georgia judge blocks federal contractors proposal … Virginia legislators back minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes … Former nurse receives...
No kidding: Chill 105-year-old shares secret to a long life
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Danielle Brown
Dec 08, 2021
This time the milestone birthday came with a gift from the party celebrant herself: sage advice.
With billions in Medicare provider cuts looming, Congress stalls on solution
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 06, 2021
Medicare providers stand to lose more than $36 billion in reimbursements next year, a fate that looks more likely after Congressional leaders failed to stop slated cuts as part of a spending deal last...
Nursing home director accused of making fake vaccination cards
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Danielle Brown
Dec 06, 2021
A nursing leader at a South Carolina skilled nursing facility is facing charges for allegedly producing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in what’s believed to be the first case of its kind in the state.