CareTrust bullish on SNFs in what could be explosive year for growth
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 12, 2024
CareTrust REIT is holding a record stash of credit and cash, and company leaders said Friday they are about to unleash a wave of spending on primarily skilled nursing acquisitions.
Also in the News for Monday, Feb. 12, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 12, 2024
Nebraska lawmakers propose rate hikes for SNF, AL operators after 2023 veto … CMS proposes new oversight of accrediting organizations, including Joint Commission … GAO: Veterans Affairs must improve...
Omega continues to shed problematic skilled nursing holdings
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 09, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors late last year shed 30 skilled nursing facilities operated by LaVie Care Centers, formerly part of the behemoth Consulate Health Care.
Also in the News for Friday, Feb. 9, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 09, 2024
CMS addresses interrupted stay coverage, AI use in Medicare Advantage FAQ … NurseRight Staffing Agency hit with $141K settlement over temp worker misclassification … Illinois Legislature aims to...
Facing financial ‘hurricane,’ providers beseech governor to tap rainy day fund for nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2024
Robert Hurlbut is the third-generation family leader of an Western New York nursing home chain, who is transitioning his own son into a leadership role as the business approaches 100 years in operation.
Also in the News for Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2024
AHA to offer new Skilled Nursing Facility Stroke Rehabilitation Certification … Nursing home leaders face persistent barriers to substance-abuse disorder care … PA budget proposal includes investments...
Nursing’s already a dirty job. Regulators are slinging mud
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2024
LPNs may soon find themselves boxed out of quality, well-paying jobs in the very settings that have most often hired them in the past. It’s federal regulators threatening to do them dirty.
Court orders attorney to pay nursing home legal fees in ‘frivolous’ False Claims case
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2024
An attorney who brought a False Claims case against a Mississippi long-term care provider using publicly available — and later disproven — information must pay the facility’s legal fees, a court...
Poorly timed staff raffle can invalidate nursing home union vote: NLRB
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2024
A raffle offering workers thousands of dollars in prizes will likely invalidate the results of a nursing home union election, thanks to a ruling by a panel of the National Labor Relations Board.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 07, 2024
Grabowski: More transparency must accompany nursing home staffing rule … OIG targets Colorado’s emergency prep, life safety inspections … Arizona nursing home cited for slow, incomplete measures...