Feds blur nursing home ownership lines with new transparency rule: critics
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2023
Some nursing home owners and advocates on Monday criticized federal officials for lumping together private equity investors and healthcare-focused real estate investment trusts in its yearlong focus on...
SCOTUS ruling clears way for more cases, big verdicts against nursing homes
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2023
Nursing homes under county or state control could see an explosion of lawsuits following a Thursday US Supreme Court ruling maintaining the right of nursing home residents and their survivors to sue in...
Panel advances proposal to remove cap, hike state’s Medicaid pay by 10%
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 27, 2023
After facing a 2% Medicaid rate cut that kicked in just as COVID was ramping up in 2020, Colorado nursing home operators are finally eyeing a potentially big increase.
LeadingAge asks CMS to test new model for integrated senior care
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 18, 2017
Non-profit association pitches “visionary” community-based approach
1,650 workers at nursing homes in receivership finally get paid
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2018
A court-appointed receiver has doled out paychecks to 1,650 workers at 31 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Nebraska.
Critics say Texas-based nursing home operator using bankruptcy to hide from dozens of lawsuits
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 29, 2018
Preferred Care of Plano filed for bankruptcy in November claiming in court that more than 160 lawsuits led to its financial demise.
Senator calls for closure of veterans home, site of 13 Legionnaire’s deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2017
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is calling for the closure of an Illinois Veterans Home, where 13 residents have died of Legionnaire’s disease since 2015.
Therapy caps back on as Congress delays action
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 04, 2018
Therapy caps are back on for now, even though Congress may still be prepared to eliminate them in 2018.
Nursing homes’ lawsuit fighting beds-per-room limit given the OK
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2023
Thirty-one nursing home providers have cleared a major hurdle in their efforts to block a state rule limiting capacity to two residents per room.
Cogir Real Estate launches U.S. management team
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 11, 2020
Cogir Management USA has launched a new, United States-based senior housing team as an extension of its Canadian parent company. David Eskenazy has been added as the chairman of the board, while Walter...