Tuckerman Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Maryland has appointed Sherin Ronaghian, MD, as its new medical director.
REIT tax benefits questioned as influence over nursing homes rises
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 03, 2022
Tax policies meant to benefit real estate investment trusts as “passive investors” in nursing homes should be reviewed with an eye toward their active operational influences, say economists...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Aug. 3
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 03, 2022
Omega CEO tells investors restructuring pays off … Most US nursing homes provide at least some educational, retirement assistance for staff … Report outlines nearly 1,000 Florida nursing home elopements...
Want to improve Medicare Advantage? Deliver some real advantages
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services put out a request for feedback on the Medicare Advantage program, which is rapidly becoming the nation’s preferred healthcare insurer provider...
‘Cracked’ and ‘broken’: Buffy Lloyd-Krejci on nursing home infection prevention
Aug 02, 2022
During the darkest days of the pandemic, Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, DrPH, CIC, traveled to nursing homes across the US to assess their infection control practices and help them adopt protective strategies. What...
Hospital readmission incentives on hold, and ‘no one wins but Medicare’
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
Skilled nursing operators will forgo bonuses for a second straight year for limiting hospital readmissions, a regulatory pause one compliance expert says will lead to losses all around.
Stop-gap licensing waivers offer promise for nurse staffing crisis
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
Maintaining relaxed licensing regulations could be a key way to address the nation’s ongoing nurse staffing crisis and improve access to care, suggests a new Health Affairs study.
Nursing home’s required discharges halted after at least 4 deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
A massive, publicly owned nursing home that saw four residents die after being discharged as part of a federal closure plan has been given a temporary reprieve.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 2
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 02, 2022
National media blasts nursing homes’ attempts to collect debt from residents’ families … More details emerge in Avamere Health Services data breach affecting 380,000 individuals … Nursing homes...
LTC bills await final decisions
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2022
With Congress headed to August recess breaks, providers were hopeful lawmakers would still find the time and interest to act on a flurry of workforce bills before the session ends.