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.
Link Medicaid hikes to worker pay to promote staff equity, researchers say
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2022
Tying increases in state Medicaid rates to wages would be an important way to address the disproportionate representation of Black women in long-term care’s lowest paying positions, say researchers...
Worries mount despite new lows for nursing home COVID-19 cases, deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes have hit their lowest mark since federal officials began tracking last May, according to a new report issued by the American Health Care Association and National Center...
Antipsychotic use drops in Eden Alternative model, research finds
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 01, 2019
A person-centered nursing home approach that focuses on relationships can also turn out impressive data when it comes to clinical practices and quality of care, according to new research.
LTC leads hot healthcare market in first half of 2019
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 29, 2019
The changing face of long-term care continues to drive merger and acquisition activity for the fifth straight year, according to two new reports. Deal volume involving long-term care and assisted living...
BREAKING: RN in insulin killing case charged in 17 other nursing home deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 03, 2023
Heather Pressdee, 41, is accused of wrongly administering insulin to patients, often in extremely high doses, and often to patients who were not diabetic. In total, state prosecutors said Thursday, 17...
LeadingAge’s Sloan to Biden: Let’s talk so nursing homes don’t ‘shoulder entire burden’ on...
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 18, 2023
The leader of the nation’s second-largest nursing home advocacy group on Thursday asked the White House to convene a roundtable on improving job quality and expanding the worker pool in conjunction with...
Long-term care picks up 11,000 jobs but recovery resembles roller-coaster ride
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2022
Nursing homes and residential care facilities gained another 11,000 jobs in October, a quick rebound after a fresh slump in September.
Providers push Congress as negotiations intensify: Nursing homes need traditional infrastructure help
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 22, 2021
Federal lawmakers negotiating a massive infrastructure deal should allocate support for capital improvements in the nation’s nursing homes, the American Health Care Association and National Association...
Antipsychotic rule loosened under CMS proposal
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Tucked into the 110-page proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week are updates governing the use of as-needed prescriptions for antipsychotics, a tool the agency had...