Like many of its skilled nursing neighbors in the Cornhusker State, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role with special small-town flourishes and succumbing...
State News: Nation’s first long-term care payroll tax set to resume
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2023
After state officials had delayed implementation of the nation’s first long-term care payroll tax, lawmakers this winter failed to defeat it permanently.
In McKnight’s 2023 Mood of the Market, nursing home managers warn to pay up, be flexible to stem...
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
The staffing crisis in long-term care is showing signs of easing, but many building leaders still want higher pay and more flexibility in exchange for the extra work they’re putting in, according to...
Drama within deluge of CMS staffing mandate comments
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 07, 2023
After 60 days of public and often-heated debate, the formal comment period for one of the most controversial federal healthcare regulations ever proposed came to a close Nov. 6.
Nursing homes reimagine caregiver roles for new era
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 06, 2023
In the wake of a historic shortage of nurses and assistants, America’s nursing homes have been forced to get creative when it comes to hiring, scheduling and retaining workers.
Now many are pushing lawmakers...
Latest infection control battle puts mobile tech in the crosshairs
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2018
Computer tablets can carry entertainment to residents, helping them create connections with their caregivers and the world around them.
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...
Is pay pain reaching its peak after another year of impressive wage growth?
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2022
After a two-year stretch in which nursing homes’ largest employee group made salary gains approaching 20%, relief for cash-strapped providers may be in sight, even if far on the horizon.
Feature: New payment model puts greater emphasis on speech language pathologists
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2019
Over the last several months, Bill Goulding has crisscrossed the country, talking to providers who are trying to figure out how the new skilled nursing payment model may benefit them and what changes they...
The new normal? COVID-19 precautions and innovations drive daily life even as vaccinations rise, cases...
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2021
As COVID-19 began its death march through long-term care facilities early last spring, Principle LTC President and CEO Lynn Hood opened a Special Care Unit to treat infected patients from many of her chain’s...