EXTRA: CMS publishes rule outlining final staffing requirements
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 22, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it would exempt nursing homes from having registered nurse coverage for up to 8 out of 24 hours a day “under certain circumstances,” unveiling...
Nurse wanted nursing home victims to ‘slip’ away: charging documents
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 26, 2023
A nurse with a spotty work history that includes allegations of “abuse” has been charged in the killings of two nursing home residents and the attempted murder of a third, the Pennsylvania attorney...
2023 Hall of Honor inductees announced for the McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2023
Twenty elite executives in skilled nursing, senior living and home care are being inducted into the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor this year. Organizers announced the members of the 2023...
Scary ‘state’: Two-thirds of nursing home operators fear closure without staffing relief
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 06, 2024
The long-term care sector is still struggling to rebuild to pre-pandemic staffing levels while also bracing for negative effects of new federal regulations, according to the “State of the Sector” report...
State’s nursing homes headed for terrible trifecta of fines, admissions freezes, Medicaid repayment
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Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 14, 2023
A nursing home staffing mandate is a “death sentence” for facilities that could soon owe tens of millions of dollars in noncompliance fines in Rhode Island, according to a top advocate there.
Biden again touts ‘cracking down’ on nursing homes in State of Union address
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2023
Nursing homes once again elicited an ignominious mention in President Joe Biden’s second SOTU address Tuesday night.
State panel stops short of requiring mergers as a way to sustain LTC viability
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 20, 2023
One of the more intriguing proposals that may be pursued in the future would involve offering cash to nursing homes within 60 miles of one another that merge. House Speaker Hugh Bartels (R) said such a...
Reach of AI, other tech will help SNFs reach seniors looking to avoid nursing homes: expert
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 03, 2023
The future will bring an ongoing tug away from skilled nursing, led by rising tech in senior living and home care, an expert warned Thursday.
LTC Properties upbeat as occupancy levels nudge back up, environment ‘favors’ REITs
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 30, 2023
LTC Properties’ conservative investment approach paid off in the third quarter as the company’s top executive said the real estate investment trust’s skilled nursing occupancy resumed its upward...
CVS report finds more seniors facing chronic conditions
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 17, 2023
Healthcare providers will need to handle not only growing need, but care that’s more complex, the authors of a spring 2023 health trends report say.