Nursing home turns to courts for help with smear campaign as nation looks on
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2021
A woman who harassed an Ohio nursing home and its administrator online following her mother’s death could wind up facing jail time for her disparaging comments.
Hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents’ votes at risk thanks to pandemic
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 21, 2020
Visitor restrictions at long-term care facilities and adapted voting procedures due to the pandemic are clouding the prospects of nursing home residents getting to a ballot box this November, advocates...
Providers make gains securing liability protections from COVID-related suits
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 22, 2021
While some providers across the United States are winning the fight to obtain COVID-19 liability protections for nursing homes, others are still struggling to secure immunity.
Virtual tour allows residents ‘Notorious’ museum experience
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 20, 2020
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, IL, was a popular trip destination for long-term care facilities, senior communities and their residents prior to the coronavirus crisis.
Is it permanent? SNF pressures mount even as providers try to recover from COVID-19, financial instability
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 03, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities could be facing a severe, financially unstable future as operators try to adjust to lower patient volumes and a shift toward home care, according to Forbes columnist Howard Gleckman.
Higher nursing home fines expected after CMS returns to per-day penalties
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 02, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is no longer issuing fines to nursing homes solely on a per-instance basis, reversing 2017 guidance issued under the Trump administration.
Effects of PDPM will be known by first quarter of 2020, HCR ManorCare exec says
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 24, 2019
A top executive for a major skilled nursing company said providers should know by the “first quarter of 2020” how reimbursement will be impacted once the Patient-Driven Payment Model is implemented.
Ownership transparency must improve for nursing homes to succeed post-pandemic: industry veteran
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 15, 2021
More transparency regarding nursing home ownership and how profits are spent will be needed if the industry wants to successfully move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a top expert.
‘Not a shock:’ MedPAC considering 5% pay cut for SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 14, 2021
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is leaning toward recommending a 5% pay cut for skilled nursing facilities in fiscal 2021 after a new report found that Medicare margins may indicate SNF pay rates...
CMS considers reopening nursing homes as experts urge caution
By
Danielle Brown
May 13, 2020
The federal government could put nursing home residents and workers at risk if it decides to open facility doors to visitors too soon, a leading expert warned Tuesday.