Skilled nursing providers will split an $851 million pay increase in fiscal 2020 under a final rule announced July 30 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Provider organizations praised the...
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Aug 30, 2019
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LTC Properties looking for newer properties, smaller partners after stabilizing this year
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2019
LTC Properties has joined forces with upscale rehab provider Ignite Medical Resorts on two projects in Missouri, just one example of how the healthcare real estate investment trust is looking to diversify...
Skilled nursing wants bigger piece of ACO pie. A new model that shows paying provides for upgrades —...
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2019
Paying subsidies to offset the cost of making patient care more efficient could boost participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Plan and save Medicare up to 40%.
Allscripts agrees to $145M HIPAA, kickback settlement
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2019
Electronic health record provider Allscripts has reached a tentative $145 million deal with federal investigators related to HIPAA and kickback allegations against another provider it acquired last year.
‘Favorable trends’ put Genesis Healthcare in a buying mood
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2019
With a third consecutive quarter of occupancy growth and margin expansion, Genesis Healthcare wants to increase its real estate ownership even further, company leaders said Thursday morning.
Collapse of 75 jumbled entities leads to dissolution of senior care partnership
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2019
A judge this week dissolved a partnership behind a network of nursing homes and assisted living facilities in several states, criticizing the majority owner’s lack of cooperation and the “complicated...
Optimistic about PDPM, Omega launches quarter by adding 61 SNFs
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2019
Omega Healthcare Investors has returned to its core growth strategy with a burst of early third-quarter deals, including the addition of 61 skilled nursing facilities.
Residents will want 6,000 fewer nursing home beds in CT by 2040, report asserts
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2019
A government-sanctioned report predicts Connecticut residents will demand about 6,000 fewer nursing home beds by 2040, but the state’s leading provider group says operators are already preparing for...