FDA unveils updated vaccine approach to streamline COVID protection … House members reintroduce bill requiring reporting of skilled nursing medical directors … US adults who decline COVID booster cite...
Skilled nursing profits will shrink through 2026, even as other post-acute lines gain: analysis
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2023
Skilled nursing facilities’ profit margins will shrink over the next four years, projects national consulting firm McKinsey & Company, even as other post-acute services make moderate gains.
Also in the News for Monday, Jan. 23
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 23, 2023
CMS announces new training videos on frequently cited deficiencies … Medicaid updates federal poverty standards … Former nursing home LPN imprisoned, stripped of license in drug diversion case …...
Optimism grows, even with spiraling costs threatening: McKnight’s 2023 Outlook Survey
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 20, 2023
Optimism for the skilled nursing sector is growing, with intense worries about staff shortages and less-than-desired occupancy starting to recede. But concerns about escalating financial pressures have...
Staffing agency use of ‘contractors’ opens nursing home clients to new risks
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 20, 2023
Staffing agencies that pay temporary nurses as contractors, issuing them 1099s instead of W-2 wage statements, may be putting the nursing homes who use them at increased legal risk.
Also in the News for Friday, Jan. 20
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 20, 2023
Latest AHCA report projects skilled nursing labor recovery stalled until 2027… Report: Amid lackluster COVID vaccination rates, few citations and fewer fines … CMS may restart transfers from one of...
‘Unfair’ posting of disputed citations will tarnish operators: experts
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2023
The decision to post disputed nursing home citations on a government website for consumers riled providers and legal experts Wednesday.
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 19
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2023
Medicare Advantage enrollment tops 30 million … Court sets aside parts of NLRB union election rule … Vermont nursing home files for closure, citing staffing and reimbursement issues
BREAKING: CMS to audit antipsychotic use, immediately post disputed deficiencies
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday morning that it will conduct targeted audits to determine whether nursing homes are accurately assessing and coding individuals with a schizophrenia...
Advanced nursing home administrator credential set to return
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2023
The American College of Health Care Administrators is relaunching its advanced certification program for nursing home administrators, organization officials announced four years after discontinuing an...