The last big puzzle piece for providers and stakeholders preparing for the transition to the Patient-Driven Payment Model has been put in place.
David Gentner: Racing, rocking top exec
Mar 01, 2021
David Gentner, Ed.D, President and CEO, Wartburg
Long-term care leaders can have ‘the best of both worlds,’ experts assert
By
Danielle Brown
May 18, 2022
CHICAGO — No long-term care leader should have to sacrifice their personal life in order to achieve career goals, industry experts stressed during the latest McKnight’s thought-leadership panel discussion.
Omega Healthcare executives expect operator performance to be “significantly affected” for the foreseeable future after reporting an 8% decline in overall occupancy since February. Meanwhile, Sabra...
BREAKING: U.S. nursing home system ‘ineffective,’ ‘unsustainable,’ National Academies...
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 06, 2022
A long-awaited national report has found that the way the United States finances, delivers and regulates nursing home care is ineffective and unstable. Immediate action is needed to bring meaningful changes...
Expert: Sending COVID-19-positive residents to hospital may be wrong ‘knee-jerk’ reaction
By
Liza Berger
Danielle Brown
Apr 02, 2020
Based on the negative outcomes of the coronavirus, long-term care facilities should not automatically send COVID-19-positive residents to the hospital for treatment, the chair of AMDA The Society for Post-Acute...
Guidance on Medicaid block grants may be released this month
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 21, 2020
Guidance for states considering implementing a Medicaid block grant system could be days away.
Invesque continues shift away from skilled nursing
By
Danielle Brown
May 13, 2022
Invesque Inc. continued to reduce its skilled nursing exposure and focus more on seniors housing holdings during the first quarter.
CMS offering new tool to transition more people away from SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 26, 2022
The new CMS tool could wind up taking millions of dollars away from SNFs.
Medicaid continues shift away from SNF care
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 08, 2022
Medicaid spending on home-and-community based services out-gained spending on institutional care, like nursing homes, for a seventh year in a row, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.