BREAKING: CMS proposes 3.7 percent nursing homes pay boost; no details on staffing minimum
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Tuesday proposed a 3.7% pay hike for nursing homes but declined to issue a staffing minimum as part of its annual payment rule proposal. The agency said it...
‘Tunnel’ gets darker: 3 in 5 nursing home managers tell McKnight’s they expect 2022 to be worse
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 02, 2022
An alarming 78% of nursing home operators and workers don’t expect the workforce to return to pre-pandemic levels for at least another year — if ever. That’s just one stark finding from the McKnight’s...
An inside look at one state’s push to keep at least 90% of LTC residents vaccinated
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Kimberly Marselas
May 07, 2021
Long-term care residents in Ohio were among the first in the nation to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. More than 1,500 facilities there are now participating in a state program that seeks to maintain momentum.
Turning around nonprofits: Ben Kurland’s ‘nimble’ approach leads to quick growth at for-profit...
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 27, 2023
Allaire Health Services has steadily grown to 17 facilities over its seven years, mostly via the acquisition of nonprofit or publicly owned nursing homes.
Administrators and DONs at ‘breaking points’ in 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 15, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care nurse leaders have seriously considered quitting their jobs in the last three months, a nearly 10-point jump since 2021, according to the fourth annual McKnight’s Mood of...
AHCA’s Parkinson honors ‘real heroes’ in his own words
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2024
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News shares Mark Parkinson’s full, unscripted acceptance speech from the 2024 Pinnacle Awards.
Nursing homes reimagine frontline roles, seek smoother regulatory pathways
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 22, 2023
In the wake of a historic shortage of nurses and assistants, America’s nursing homes have been forced to get creative when it comes to hiring, scheduling and retaining workers.
LTC small homes could become big venture, but policy, funding must catch up
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2022
While skilled nursing construction in many parts of the country has been stagnant over the last few years, one Arkansas operator has found a development strategy that attracts both lenders and residents.
A personal choice
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2015
Sex, consent and nursing home liability in the age of Alzheimer’s can put providers in unfamiliar, uncomfortable and untenable situations — if they aren’t prepared
BREAKING (Updated): High Court grills attorneys over worker COVID vaccination mandates (live)
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Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Jan 07, 2022
The Supreme Court should issue a stay and allow a federal vaccine mandate for healthcare workers to go into effect immediately because “any delay in implementing that requirement would cause preventable...