State lawsuit targets nursing home owner Lahasky’s use of related parties, seeks repayment of $18 million-plus
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Kimberly Marselas
Joe Bush
Dec 01, 2022
New York’s top prosecutor this week filed suit against a nursing home owner with a growing empire, accusing him and several co-owners of defrauding the government of more than $18 million while understaffing...
New York providers beg for rate increase, while lawmakers look ready to add millions to oversight program
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2023
Nursing home operators in New York are pressing hard to win a significant Medicaid rate increase for 2024, while at the same time, state lawmakers are moving closer to adding more oversight funding.
Rural towns ravaged by healthcare and job losses with latest nursing home closures
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 07, 2019
When Minnesota’s Twin Valley Living Center closed late last year, it took with it dozens of beds intended for the town’s frail and elderly. But, as with hundreds of other skilled care communities around...
BREAKING NEWS: CMS gives skilled nursing 2.4% Medicare pay raise, unveils another new resident classification...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 27, 2018
In a flurry of activity late Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an $850 million pay raise for skilled nursing facilities for fiscal 2019 that comes along with major simplifications...
Focus on part-time assignments to improve SNF care consistency, researchers advise
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 21, 2022
Nursing homes that prioritize building schedules around part-time workers can significantly improve consistency of care by potentially reducing how many nursing assistants care for each resident.
Pressing questions about rural telehealth access and investments put innovation in danger
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 22, 2024
Questions remain about how much providers will be able to rely on telehealth, remote monitoring and other technologies to come in the years ahead — and whether the government will make the needed legal,...
Right-sized investing
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 08, 2018
The finance world will be looking for long-term care’s ‘sweet spot’ in 2018
Double duty: CNA steps in to minister to dying resident and family during snowstorm
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 14, 2018
Roland Fernandes has been ministering to Christians for 35 years, but on a snowy day in upstate New York last week, he said a special prayer for a 91-year-old woman under his care.
Backlogged hospitals want back into the nursing home business — without the hassles of ownership
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2024
Many hospitals and health systems that have cut back on their own skilled nursing capabilities over the last two decades are now looking to take back additional control over their post-acute processes.
Turning around nonprofits: Ben Kurland’s ‘nimble’ approach leads to quick growth at for-profit...
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 27, 2023
Allaire Health Services has steadily grown to 17 facilities over its seven years, mostly via the acquisition of nonprofit or publicly owned nursing homes.