Nursing home workers picket over pay, bed bugs, alleged labor-busting tactics … Florida grapples with increases in senior veterans, need for additional services … US flu activity continues to decline...
Economy, reimbursement woes accelerate hospitals’ departure from skilled nursing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2023
After at least five years of strategic reductions, hospitals and health systems appear to be accelerating their departure from the skilled nursing and senior care sectors.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Jan. 17
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2023
Database signals possible COVID vaccination stroke risk in seniors … Skilled nursing beds blew past $100K in fourth quarter of 2022 … Consumer Voice to CMS: Add resident acuity scale to any staffing...
NIC spring conference on tap
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2023
Registration is open for the 2023 NIC Spring Conference, being held March 1-3 in San Diego. The seniors housing and care event is designed around mainstage sessions with high-profile presenters, educational...
BREAKING: Good Samaritan Society to exit 15 states, trim capacity by 30 percent
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2023
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of skilled nursing beds, plans to exit 15 states and reduce its patient and resident count by roughly 30% as it consolidates...
MedPAC to recommend 3 percent skilled nursing cut to Congress
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2023
A Congressional advisory commission on Thursday recommended a 3% cut to Medicare base payments for skilled nursing facilities in 2024.
Also in the News for Friday, Jan. 13
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2023
EEOC to strengthen protections for temp, older and LGBTQ workers … ProMedica issues layoff notices after giving up interest in most nursing homes … GAO encourages nursing-home like abuse and neglect...
Skilled nursing deals led record year for seniors housing and care
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 12, 2023
The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions rose to 527 in 2022, and skilled nursing powerhouse pacts sent the average amounts soaring.
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 12
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 12, 2023
Feds extend COVID-19 Public Health Emergency another 90 days … New online index ranks states on direct care workforce policy supports … Rural Maine nursing home applies for new license amid ongoing...
Staffing ‘instability’ might be new mandate metric; providers gear up for battle
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 11, 2023
Average day-to-day staffing levels may be a key way to measure impact on nursing home care quality, a new study finds as federal regulators move closer to their goal of a proposed staffing mandate.