Investing in staff inclusion to rebuild: North American’s Michael Moore
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Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2023
After being stripped of leases for 24 facilities in partnership with Sabra, North American Health Services is regrouping around a dozen core operations and returning to its quality roots to fuel a potential...
Invesque to shed eight SNFs at reduced price as NOI increases
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2023
Invesque will finalize its sale of eight Illinois skilled nursing facilities leased to SymCare by the end of the second quarter, settling for $4 million less than originally announced.
McKnight’s scores in Hermes international competition
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Kimberly Marselas
May 05, 2023
The McKnight’s Long-Term Care News editorial and art teams went 4-for-4 in in the 2023 Hermes Creative Awards.
Owners must ‘be at the table’ for infection prevention to grow in nursing homes: quality experts
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2023
Nursing home owners and operators must stop viewing infection prevention as an add-on service and invest in related training resources and the time needed to develop effective nursing home programs, a...
Making major portfolio investments, Omega bristles at staffing minimum
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2023
Omega Healthcare Investors has stocked its pipeline with skilled nursing deals and already executed the purchase of five West Virginia facilities this quarter. But leaders with the real estate investment...
Providers tepidly embrace CMS plan to revoke ‘no longer needed’ vax mandate
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
Skilled nursing providers on Tuesday cheered the federal government’s decision to revoke its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
After this flash-bang, when will the next shock come?
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2023
Here’s why Monday’s announcement that the Biden administration would begin revoking vaccine mandates with the end of the public health emergency was so surprising.
Provider insurance rates finally ‘bending in positive direction’ but not all sunny: report
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Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2023
Long-term care providers could begin to see some relief this spring from insurance rates that escalated during the pandemic.
CMS eager to leverage new nursing home ownership data, leader confirms
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 26, 2023
A top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services enforcement official said Tuesday that the agency is eager to use data collected under a proposed ownership transparency rule to “scrutinize how certain...
CMS leader balks on broader use of antipsychotic drugs
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2023
One of the nation’s top nursing home regulators is opposed to broadening exclusions for the use of antipsychotic medications, he told attendees of a national conference Friday.