Skilled nursing property occupancy dropped to 81.6% at the end of the first quarter, according to a new National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Skilled Nursing Data Report. It showed that...
Workouts can hasten decline
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Marty Stempniak
Jun 08, 2018
Moderate exercise may hasten Alzheimer’s if done regularly after diagnosis, a new study suggests. Oxford researchers found people with mild to moderate dementia who worked out in a gym twice weekly...
Less heads in the beds: NIC
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John O'Connor
Feb 09, 2018
How low can it go? That’s a question many operators are ask- ing in the wake of a report by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care that reveals declining census numbers.
Skilled nursing occupancy rate hits 5-year low
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John O'Connor
Jan 08, 2018
Occupancy levels in skilled care settings dropped to a five-year low of 81.6% in the third quarter, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Flu shot firings leading to trial
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Sep 06, 2017
A North Carolina hospital will have to go to trial over claims that it fired at least three employees who refused a flu shot on religious grounds.
Brian Jurutka previously served as NIC’s president for two years.
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Alyssa Salela
Aug 09, 2017
Brian Jurutka has succeeded Robert Kramer as president and CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
SNF occupancy to bottom out?
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Alyssa Salela
Jul 06, 2017
If current trends continue, occupancy rates in skilled nursing facilities could be headed to new lows this year, said analysts from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
With Medicaid ‘broken,’ the fight will go to fraud, waste
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Elizabeth Newman
May 06, 2017
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., called the Medicaid program “broken” and said it needed a stronger focus on fighting fraud and waste during a House subcommittee...
New CMS chief stirs provider anticipation
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Apr 05, 2017
Long-term care provider groups were complimentary of Seema Verma following her mid-March confirmation as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
SNF occupancy at all-time low
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Apr 05, 2017
Skilled nursing occupancy rates hit their lowest level on record in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.