After major sell-off, Signature Healthcare rebounding: Sabra’s Matros
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Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
Sabra CEO Rick Matros said Thursday that the real estate investment trust’s top three skilled nursing operators gained “traction” in the first quarter.
Long-term care’s zeal for foreign nurses a ‘Band-Aid’ solution: researchers
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Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
In a new commentary, researchers likened long-term care organizations’ quest to entice immigrant nurses to using a Band-Aid to stop a hemorrhaging workforce wound.
McKnight’s scores in Hermes international competition
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Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
The McKnight’s Long-Term Care News editorial and art teams went 4-for-4 in in the 2023 Hermes Creative Awards.
Also in the News for Friday, May 5
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Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
Hit with more than 30,000 comments, DEA temporarily extends telehealth access to certain drugs … First RSV vaccine approved for adults 60+ … On the Move: VNA’s Steve Landers to be next Hebrew Senior...
Steve Landers to be next Hebrew Senior Life CEO
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2023
Steve Landers, MD, will be the next CEO and president of Hebrew SeniorLife, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated, integrated system of healthcare, senior living and research, the organization announced...
Owners must ‘be at the table’ for infection prevention to grow in nursing homes: quality experts
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2023
Nursing home owners and operators must stop viewing infection prevention as an add-on service and invest in related training resources and the time needed to develop effective nursing home programs, a...
Making major portfolio investments, Omega bristles at staffing minimum
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2023
Omega Healthcare Investors has stocked its pipeline with skilled nursing deals and already executed the purchase of five West Virginia facilities this quarter. But leaders with the real estate investment...
Also in the News for Thursday, May 4
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2023
State investigates facility said to have zero clinical staff as nursing home transfers to new owner … Newly unionized therapists threaten strike at troubled PA nursing home … Health task force...
SNF pay rule includes 3.7 percent raise
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
Skilled nursing providers are on tap to receive a 3.7% pay hike next fiscal year, under a proposed pay rule issued by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in April.
Study validates fish skin grafts for DFUs
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
Treating diabetic foot ulcers with fish skin grafts healed “significantly more” wounds and saved nearly $3,000 per patient versus a more traditional collagen wrap, found a new study of more than 100...