Nightmare agency data is a dream-like bounty for the plaintiff’s bar
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2024
Too bad aboutlawsuits.com — a solicitation site for Maryland personal injury firm Saiontz & Kirk gussied up with a few educational-seeming blogs — saw dollar signs instead of warning signs in a recent...
Expect another Five-Star freeze amid nursing home survey delays, experts warn
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2024
Staffing measures used to calculate nursing homes’ federal ratings will freeze in April, further complicating a system based on often outdated and constantly changing metrics, experts warned last week.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2024
Flexibility second only to higher pay as top desire in new healthcare burnout report … NIH to invest an additional $515M for long COVID research … About half of healthcare workers witnessed racism,...
The ‘chameleon’ effect: How major nursing home players are transforming for scale
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 16, 2024
Providers looking to scale their skilled nursing businesses face an uphill battle in an economic and regulatory environment that is chewing up even some of the sector’s best-known operators.
Also in the News for Friday, Feb. 16, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 16, 2024
CMS to Medicare Advantage plans: Jimmo non-improvement standard applies … Antibiotic use for uncomplicated pneumonia patients remains excessive: study … OIG adds evaluation of state LTC staff background...
Non-traditional lenders are ready to back nursing homes. Here’s their selection criteria
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 15, 2024
MIAMI — The lending environment will likely heat up over the course of 2024, particularly for skilled nursing providers willing to explore new relationships when unable to tap traditional sources, a...
Parkinson forecasts record occupancy, ‘massively good news’ for sector
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2024
MIAMI — A significant drop in new nursing home construction is adding to the woes of a shrinking sector that will soon be tasked with caring for a rapidly aging US population, American Health Care Association...
After downsizing, Good Sam goes big with first-of-kind new campus
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2024
A little more than a year after announcing it was scaling back to focus resources in seven core states, Good Samaritan Society announced Tuesday that it was developing a new, $200 million comprehensive...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 13, 2024
Nurse accused of killing nursing home patients with insulin seeks quick case resolution … New Senate working group to reform Medicare physician pay system, with possible SNF implications … Healthpeak...
RiverSpring Living names Pomeranz next CEO
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 12, 2024
RiverSpring Living has named David V. Pomeranz its next president and CEO as part of a planned transition.