Gov. Tim Walz (D) (pictured) took a budget victory lap at a nursing home late this summer, allowing the operator to ask for continued and more robust support for the sector.
In McKnight’s 2023 Mood of the Market, nursing home managers warn to pay up, be flexible to stem...
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
The staffing crisis in long-term care is showing signs of easing, but many building leaders still want higher pay and more flexibility in exchange for the extra work they’re putting in, according to...
Impressed by newly acquired facilities, Avamere brings therapy back in house
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
Nine months after acquiring four facilities with in-house therapy departments, Avamere has decided to bring all of its therapy back in house.
Staffing mandate could shift big costs to states — but they may not know it yet
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
A federal staffing mandate would likely leave states struggling with how to afford increased costs among their operators, a threat that could force wide scale changes in how state Medicaid systems pay...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 10
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
APIC, American Nurses Association among 17 groups calling for required healthcare worker vaccinations … Woman pleads guilty to $359M fraud using nursing home residents’ swabs to conduct unneeded tests...
MedPAC members rip ‘brute force test’ of staffing mandate, ponder consequences and possible gaming
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2023
A key Congressional advisory panel expressed deep skepticism Thursday over the proposed federal nursing home staffing mandate and whether it would address ongoing quality concerns in the post-acute care...
Union ‘demand’ brought about minimum staffing rule: Becerra
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2023
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra this week took part in a national union event supporting the proposed nursing home staffing rule, giving the labor audience and their leaders credit for...
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 6
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2023
CA workers get more paid sick leave with governor’s signature … Legionnaires’ disease found in WI nursing home … NY struggling to contain worst TB outbreak in a decade
Also in the News for Thursday, Oct. 5
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2023
NY system offers $35k bonuses for RNs, $20k for other skilled care jobs … AHCA members elect Bartley’s Phil Scalo board chair … OIG audit cites NJ facilities for life safety, emergency planning lapses...
Will there be light at the end of the staffing mandate tunnel?
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2023
Glimmers of legislative hope providers thought they saw shining on rough seas may soon be shrouded behind fresh storm clouds.