Skilled nursing occupancy highest since April 2020
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2022
Demand for skilled nursing is on the rise, as occupancy continues to recover from pandemic lows, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report released by the National Investment Center for...
Administrator salaries rise 2.3%, while DON pay jumps 3%, according to industry’s largest independent...
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 09, 2021
Despite — or more likely because of — rare pandemic conditions, nursing home top managers and nurse leaders enjoyed significant salary jumps this year. That’s according to results of the industry’s...
Implementing strategies that promote true value of direct care workers will improve LTSS workforce challenges:...
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 02, 2021
The long-term services and supports sector must reimagine the direct care workforce, making employees feel more valued, to reduce turnover and improve recruitment, according to a new analysis.
Gold for Redstone: Telemed program brings top honors in Tech Awards program
By
Liza Berger
Oct 08, 2019
Implementing a robust telemedicine program has earned Redstone Greensburg, a Pennsylvania-based rehabilitation center, a Gold Award in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition.
‘Many lives could have been saved’: Geriatricians needed in pandemic discussions, expert says
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2020
The federal government and policymakers need to fully engage experts in geriatrics and long-term care medicine to help stop COVID-19’s deadly toll on nursing homes, a long-term care expert told House...
Feds might dictate minimums nursing homes must spend on direct care workers
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 21, 2022
CHICAGO — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering requiring nursing homes to spend a minimum amount of federal Medicaid reimbursement dollars on direct care workers as the agency...
Parkinson: 2020 a ‘clinical nightmare and financial disaster’ but ‘we will get back’
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 19, 2020
Long-term care providers entered 2020 thinking it was going to be one of the best years ever for the sector, but their hopes were quickly shattered following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in late...
For-profit nursing homes are ‘worst performers’ in new COVID-19 analysis
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 19, 2021
For-profit nursing homes were 18% less effective in controlling COVID-19 infections than non-profit or government-run facilities in 2020, according to an analysis of federal data published Thursday by...
State News for November 2016
Nov 05, 2016
A Texas Health Care Association commissioned report says the blame for what it calls historic employee turnover rates and more at-risk seniors lays squarely on declining reimbursement.
Proposal addressing therapy ‘double-whammy’ could net system savings
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 08, 2022
Long-term care therapy advocates and peers from other healthcare sectors touted the potential savings of nearly a quarter billion Medicare dollars if the SMART Act is passed.