Nursing home workers vote to strike over staffing, healthcare access
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 17, 2020
Hundreds of nursing home workers at three Rhode Island facilities have called for a strike in an effort to secure higher wages, better healthcare benefits and minimum staffing requirements.
Signature touts pandemic successes amid nursing home reform and criticism talk
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 05, 2022
A major nursing home operator lauded its providers’ success responding to COVID-19 even as questions about nursing home quality of care overall take center stage on the federal level.
Lawmakers push for long-term Medicare reform as physician pay cuts loom
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 19, 2021
More than 245 Congressional lawmakers are demanding long-term reform solutions to the current Medicare payment system as skilled nursing therapists and other healthcare providers face impending cuts.
Eight times as many nursing homes could be added to low-performers list
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 16, 2021
The number of nursing homes placed on the Special Focus Facility list could be expanded ninefold under new legislation proposed by Democratic federal lawmakers.
Many value-based care efforts languishing in the pilot stages, or worse: survey
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 15, 2020
Nearly half of healthcare organizations have either not started or are in the pilot stages of implementing value-based care even though more than 45% of executives said they understand the pay model, a...
Providers prep as Hurricane Dorian intensifies
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 29, 2019
Long-term care facilities in Florida are in disaster-prep mode as they brace themselves for Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to become a Category 4 storm by the weekend.
Regular surveys resume at nursing homes, but CMS treads carefully with enforcement penalties
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 20, 2020
State survey agencies have already begun to resume regular survey activities at nursing homes across the country, according to a top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official.
Short-term solutions won’t help nursing homes, LTSS system, expert warns
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 24, 2020
Financial relief from the government and liability protections from coronavirus-related lawsuits won’t be enough to fix long standing flaws in the long-term services and supports system, a leading expert...
OIG eyes COVID-19 reporting requirements for nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 20, 2021
More scrutiny will soon be placed on the federal government’s COVID-19 reporting requirements for providers and how they’re handled. The Office of Inspector General ratcheted up pressure Tuesday when...
Multiple states now redirecting unused COVID vaccines from nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 27, 2021
Coronavirus vaccines going unused at nursing homes in several states are now being redirected in an effort to put doses into the arms of more seniors and eligible workers in other settings.