Omega REIT touts ‘strong improvement’ in financials, stabilized occupancy
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 03, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors has continued to accrue and reorganize its assets in a profitable way, exceeding Wall Street expectations.
New clinical trial studying expanded skilled nursing care in the home
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 08, 2024
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial will investigate the feasibility of providing post-acute skilled nursing facility care to patients in their home as a way to help alleviate the skilled nursing crisis...
Insurer not liable for $2.1M in damages in nursing home death case
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 05, 2024
The insurer of a now-bankrupt Georgia nursing home is not required to pay $2.1 million in damages to the family of a woman who died at the facility, a federal judge has ruled.
New SNF payment rule met with ‘disgust,’ complaints of ‘overreach’
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Critics wasted little time expressing their displeasure with the government’s final nursing home payment rule for fiscal 2025 after it was released late Wednesday afternoon.
Resident advocates aim to protect voting rights in nursing homes ahead of contentious election
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 08, 2024
With just three months left before Election Day, patient advocates are pushing long-term care facilities to make sure their residents are both registered to vote and able to cast their ballots.
Game planning emerges for new SNF PPS pay rule
By
Jessica R. Towhey
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2024
As disapproval about the 2025 skilled nursing Medicare pay rate increase continued to rise Thursday, long-term care providers and their advisors began devising coping strategies for some of the less flashy...
Skeptical judge sides with smaller analytics firm against giant PointClickCare over data blocking tactics
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 29, 2024
A federal judge left subtlety behind Monday in granting a request by analytics firm Real Time Medical Systems for a preliminary injunction against electronic health records giant PointClickCare over alleged...
Alleged immigrant labor law violations: Nursing home company seeks dismissal of class-action suit
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 07, 2024
A national nursing home company is seeking dismissal of a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company and its staffing recruiter violated US labor laws in the recruitment of immigrant nurses.
Another state relaxes English proficiency requirements for nurse aides to ease shortages
By
John Roszkowski
Jul 29, 2024
New Hampshire is changing state law to allow individuals with limited English proficiency to become licensed nursing assistants.
New DOJ whistleblower program not ‘easy money’: legal expert
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 06, 2024
A new federal program that will reward whistleblowers who help the government successfully prosecute corporate wrongdoing could incentivize long-term care workers to dig into their facilities’ records...