This state is reporting 93 percent occupancy — not counting the 3,000 beds offline due to staffing...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 12, 2023
Nursing homes need to be able to pay a living wage to have a chance of countering a major workforce crisis that has left 3,000 beds offline, the state’s leading sector advocacy group testified Monday.
Lawmaker bets on casinos to prop up state-run nursing homes
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Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 27, 2023
A Missouri lawmaker is trying again to advance legislation to benefit veterans nursing homes by increasing casino taxes and legalizing sports betting.
Nursing home sector’s ‘fragile’ future underscored by new survey
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Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 24, 2023
More than half of non-profit providers have had to decline patients being charged from hospitals since January, primarily due to workforce shortages, finds a new survey taken in Pennsylvania.
With legislators unable to stomach cost, proposed staffing rule likely to die
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 10, 2023
Lawmakers in Connecticut have conceded that the funding needed to increase mandatory, direct-care hours at nursing homes is not available as they contend with other priorities.
Federal funds, opioid settlement money will repay students loans for LTC staff
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 29, 2023
Massachusetts will use a combination of funding from the federal government and opioid lawsuit settlements to help repay more than $140 million of student loan debt for healthcare workers. Some of that...
State’s new workforce law could be national model to solve SNF staffing problems
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Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 28, 2023
A new law in Kentucky could serve as a national model to help stem the workforce crisis in nursing homes through public-private partnerships to fund education programs for more nurses and aides.
Washington nursing homes get 13.6 percent Medicaid boost — no strings attached
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 26, 2023
Washington state lawmakers have increased Medicaid funding for nursing homes by 13.6% over the next two years, but advocates say the additional resources won’t fully cover the cost of care
Nurse aide association calls on feds to raise proposed staffing rule from 3.0 hours per day to 4.2 hours
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 16, 2023
A trade group representing certified nursing assistants wants federal officials to increase the number of direct care hours proposed under a mandatory staffing rule by 40%.
As SNF staffing mandate inches closer, more lawmakers publicly question its viability
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 12, 2023
As the clock counts down to the release of the Biden administration’s promised nursing home staffing mandate, providers are hoping that a growing chorus of federal lawmakers opposed to the idea will...
State weighing ‘living wage’ for all nursing home workers
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 01, 2023
Companion bills moving through the Massachusetts House and Senate would require that MassHealth — the state’s Medicaid program — reimburse facilities enough to pay all employees a “living wage.”