Welltower/ProMedica may be out as QCP courts another bidder
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 13, 2018
Quality Care Properties announced Tuesday it is investigating an acquisition proposal that “could reasonably be expected to lead to a ‘superior offer’ ” to one already on the table...
Rough journey and smooth brushstroke inspire nursing home portrait sessions
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 02, 2019
During her junior year of high school, America Ordonez stepped into Oak Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the first time, armed with a camera, a sketch pad and a box full of paints. Almost a year...
Approving TP and hand soap purchases for broke public nursing home lands official in hot water
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2018
Illinois’ troubled Champaign County Nursing Home racked up another $200,000 in debt in a single month and was down to its last eight rolls of toilet paper.
Advocates work behind scenes to stop, reshape staffing rule as finalization nears
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2024
Several nursing home advocacy organizations have met with the White House Office of Management and Budget in recent days, angling to change the proposed minimum staffing rule that could be issued in final...
BREAKING: CMS issues details on vaccine mandate’s end
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday afternoon issued a final rule lifting the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers by early August.
Having My Say | Non-retirees: The new LTC superheroes
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2022
My middle child, not yet old enough for middle school, recently asked me when I planned to retire. Me of no gray hair, of the too-small 401K, of exciting career accomplishments yet to be achieved!
After protecting 55 sites, Consulate Health Care looks to stay in business at another Florida SNF
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2018
Fresh from negotiating an agreement that protects licenses at 55 of its 77 Florida facilities, Consulate Health Care is working to win back its right to provide skilled nursing services — and get paid...
Thanks to COVID, unions are primed for an upswing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 01, 2021
I’ve been a union member twice in my life, both times at jobs where I didn’t understand their potential power or how their work might have benefitted me.
Ignite Medical gets hospital backing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 10, 2019
Upscale rehab provider Ignite Medical Resorts and the University of Kansas Health System have partnered as owners of the revamped Kansas City Transitional Care Center. Now operating as Ignite Medical Resort,...
BREAKING: CMS to audit antipsychotic use, immediately post disputed deficiencies
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday morning that it will conduct targeted audits to determine whether nursing homes are accurately assessing and coding individuals with a schizophrenia...