Small Business Administration says CMS may have underestimated costs of staffing rule for small entities, urges regulatory reconsideration … Skilled nursing occupancy increased in August: NIC … Dems...
Real estate ownership, clinical prowess fuel growth at Touchstone Communities
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Kimberly Marselas
May 30, 2024
For the eight years that she led operations at Diversicare, Leslie Campbell was all-too-aware of the impact triple-net leases and rent escalation had on the public company’s facilities.
Widely used ‘secrecy’ clauses under fire in nursing home arbitration case
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2024
Arizona’s attorney general is attempting to intervene in a civil lawsuit against a nursing home, arguing the facility’s attempt to compel arbitration and enforce a “secrecy clause” makes a signed...
Also in the News for Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 09, 2024
Rhode Island lawmakers vote to OK in-room cameras for nursing home residents … Senate bill aims to educate healthcare workers on options to guardianship … NYC Health + Hospitals adds donor-funded wellness...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 1, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2024
Senior living performance surpasses expectations, Welltower CEO says … State tax funding long-term care could be gutted in November vote … Nursing home staffing, management strengths tied to delirium...
Outlook 2024: On staffing, operators say they’ll ‘find a way’ but agency boom, admission restrictions...
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2024
More than half — 55% — of skilled nursing leaders say they would need to hire more agency staff if a proposed federal staffing mandate is enacted. That’s just one finding from the McKnight’s 2024...
After sinking $400M into skilled care, Welltower exec says more ‘creative’ opportunities in the pipeline
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2023
Welltower has spent more than $400 million on long-term and post-acute care investments so far in 2023, while also experiencing a 5.3% increase in net operating income across such properties it has held...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Oct. 4
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2023
$81million NIH grant to study nursing home dementia care … Consider these documentation practices help mitigate litigation risks for providers … Senator urges CMS to crack down on Medicaid MCOs denying...
Congress advisers back permanent telehealth expansions, look to nix in-person rule for behavioral telehealth...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Maintaining Medicare beneficiaries’ access to telehealth services, especially for behavioral health, must remain an initial priority over payment reform or quality measurement, members of a congressional...
Lab owner bilked Medicare of $7 million in nursing home COVID scheme, feds say
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2023
A laboratory owner preyed on nursing home clients to bilk Medicare out of at least $7 million in claims for early COVID-era tests that were unnecessary and, in some cases, never performed, the government...