Skilled nursing sector’s growing (or shrinking) problems get new attention
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 23, 2023
For the second day in a row, a major US newspaper Tuesday highlighted problems in the long-term care sector.
A minimum staffing rule can work. Here’s what it will take: Parkinson
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 22, 2022
The nation’s most influential nursing home leader says the White House’s goal of imposing first-ever minimum staffing levels could work — but only under certain conditions.
‘Critical access’ not at critical mass, but skilled nursing providers push on
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2023
Support for the concept of critical access nursing homes is growing among providers, but it has yet to gain much traction among industry leaders or the politicians who would need to create such a safety...
Facing financial ‘hurricane,’ providers beseech governor to tap rainy day fund for nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 08, 2024
Robert Hurlbut is the third-generation family leader of an Western New York nursing home chain, who is transitioning his own son into a leadership role as the business approaches 100 years in operation.
Comments offer nuances that might salvage CMS staffing rule in operators’ eyes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 03, 2023
With just four days left to submit comments on a proposed first-ever federal nursing home staffing rule, providers who haven’t already offered the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services their concerns...
Providers: Staffing rule a CMS ‘fairy tale’ that will ‘exacerbate’ nursing home access issue
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2024
Despite minor concessions in a staffing mandate issued Monday, many nursing home providers were shell-shocked by what they saw as federal regulators’ intractable stance on minimums at a time when nearly...
Outlook 2024: On staffing, operators say they’ll ‘find a way’ but agency boom, admission restrictions...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2024
More than half — 55% — of skilled nursing leaders say they would need to hire more agency staff if a proposed federal staffing mandate is enacted. That’s just one finding from the McKnight’s 2024...
Medicaid daily revenue hits record as skilled nursing occupancy dispute flares
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 03, 2023
Medicaid revenue per patient day in skilled nursing facilities rose to a record level in January, even as similar measures for Medicare retreated.
States need to step up with nurse aide waiver clearer, providers say
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2022
The formal extension of a waiver program that relaxes certification requirements for some nurse aides was widely embraced by providers a day after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced...
Return of 3-day stay, loss of nurse aides bearing down on nursing homes with PHE’s end
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 11, 2023
Nursing homes today will mark the end of a devastating era in healthcare that nonetheless provided the sector with previously unimagined operating flexibilities.