Government ‘flying blind’ on nursing home spending: CBS News
By
Josh Henreckson
May 31, 2024
Pressure continues to mount on for-profit nursing homes to increase the transparency of their finances amid increased oversight from regulators and government watchdogs in recent months.
Real estate ownership, clinical prowess fuel growth at Touchstone Communities
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Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2024
For the eight years that she led operations at Diversicare, Leslie Campbell was all-too-aware of the impact triple-net leases and rent escalation had on the public company’s facilities.
Gender, identity emerge as new EEOC issue for skilled nursing employers
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Josh Henreckson
May 30, 2024
Amid quickly shifting cultural norms and a changing legal landscape, legal experts say skilled nursing providers must better understand how to protect employees from sex and gender discrimination — including...
Also in the News for Thursday, May 30, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2024
Statin therapy safe and effective for adults aged 75+, even more consistent for ages 85+ … Becker’s highlights five direct care workforce concerns … Efforts to reopen a nursing home closed after...
New hospital partnership boosts revenue, adds nursing home services for underserved community
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Kimberly Marselas
May 29, 2024
A new collaboration aims to add skilled nursing beds to a region with substantial hospital back-ups, while also meeting a growing demand for additional pediatric and dialysis services.
‘Daunting’ concerns about nursing home cost escalation dominate 2025 pay rule comments
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Josh Henreckson
May 29, 2024
Hundreds of providers are making one last attempt to increase pay rates and limit potential financial penalties of the proposed nursing home pay rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’...
Industry and legal experts are expressing confidence in a lawsuit filed last week that aims to kill a federal nursing home staffing mandate, with some boldly predicting a fairly straight-forward defeat...
BREAKING: AHCA files lawsuit to dismiss nursing home staffing rule
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Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday seeks to throw out the national nursing home staffing mandate, charging that it exceeds the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and that it “creates...
With right capital, PACS looks to solidify ‘legacy’ with 53-facility deal
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
Six weeks after going public, long-term care provider PACS Group announced Thursday it was expanding by nearly 25%, adding 53 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the Northwest.
Last-ditch effort to convert license fails to save historic nursing home
By
Josh Henreckson
May 24, 2024
Months of grassroots fundraising, government advocacy and even a last-minute plan to transfer skilled nursing beds and eligible residents to a new assisted living memory care wing have not been enough...