State pushed for $103 million for nursing homes, greater resident funding
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 25, 2024
Advocates for long-term care providers in New Jersey and their residents are taking competing annual funding pleas to government leaders to the wire.
Skipping tech over price tag an ‘opportunity lost’ for hesitant nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 24, 2024
While it remains difficult to quantify how investments in technology are paying off, some skilled nursing providers say they are buying into more options because today’s margins don’t afford them missed...
Providers, I-SNPs primed and ‘pleading’ for greater role in value-based care
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2024
The unrelenting push toward value-based care should compel skilled nursing providers to grab the reins, even after years of regulators failing to invite them more fully into the process.
Once at the edge of closure, nation’s second-largest nursing home earns Medicare recertification
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 21, 2024
After fighting for years to improve its care quality and avoid closure, one of the nation’s largest nursing homes has achieved Medicare recertification — clearing a vital final hurdle for its future...
Looking to REITs for a loan? Opportunities may be short-lived if interest rates move downward
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 20, 2024
Higher interest rates that have made it harder for many providers to find capital from traditional sources are also motivating more real estate investment firms to move into lending.
CMS issues first nursing home staffing rule enforcement guidance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week updated guidance to be used by surveyors weighing nursing homes’ compliance with expanded facility assessment requirements included in the minimum...
State Dept freezes healthcare worker visas while Workforce Resilience Act lingers in Congress
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 14, 2024
The Healthcare Workforce Coalition renewed its advocacy push to increase the number of immigrant nurses entering the US, calling on both chambers of Congress Friday to pass the Healthcare Workforce Resilience...
While some aging services providers last week warned that more scrutiny of healthcare consolidation and rules that seek to limit it further could create “unintended consequences,” others encouraged...
Workforce dip in May reignites nursing home worries about caregiver supply
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2024
The number of workers in skilled nursing facilities declined in May, according to federal data published Friday. That stops a months-long positive trend for the sector.
‘Moment of decision’ appears near on nursing home staffing rule
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2024
A two-day spate of legislative action opposing the nursing home staffing mandate has some staunch supporters of the requirements feeling “very concerned” about the rule’s future.