Study: Threats to healthcare officials, workers resulted in exodus from field
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 13, 2023
A new report highlights the reasons why frontline healthcare workers and health officials left the field during the COVID-19 pandemic. Spoiler alert: Harassment from others — and even hate mail — helped...
Plenty of space and still a ‘tight squeeze’ for new construction in skilled nursing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2023
Ciena Healthcare, owner and operator of 83 nursing homes in five states, is breaking into the healthcare “resort” category with the opening of a 95,000 square foot, $32 million building in the Detroit...
Exploitation concerns persist as push for immigrant workers grows
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 13, 2023
Immigrant nurses are already a key demographic in long-term care, and are likely to become more vital in the future. But allegations of coercive labor practices by some providers and staffing agencies...
New registered dietitian requirement may send more nursing homes to consultants
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 12, 2023
A new educational standard from the Commission on Dietetic Registration is likely to push nursing homes to use consultants and remote work more to meet required registered dietitian needs.
Forced to work in a vacuum, MedPAC recommends another Medicare cut
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 11, 2023
A Congressional advisory group appears ready to recommend a 3% Medicare pay cut for nursing homes in 2025.
Are nursing homes headed for an 80% direct-spend rule?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 11, 2023
A national union on Friday skewed comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to imply federal regulators had proposed an 80% direct care spending requirement for the nursing home...
Revamping CMS survey data integration amid regulatory lag in nursing home oversight
By
Steven Littlehale
Dec 08, 2023
The report titled “Uninspected and Neglected” by the majority staff of the US Senate Special Committee on Aging brings attention to a pressing issue: the severe understaffing of inspection agencies...
Study: Gig nursing platforms may offer mixed bag for LTC
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 07, 2023
Online platforms that allow nurses to pick and choose which facilities they work for are an effort to combat the nursing shortage. The platforms, however, have benefits and disadvantages for all parties...
State News — December 2023
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 07, 2023
A three-year training program aimed at boosting the number of certified nurse aides in California is nearly halfway to its goal after just one year.
Drama within deluge of CMS staffing mandate comments
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 07, 2023
After 60 days of public and often-heated debate, the formal comment period for one of the most controversial federal healthcare regulations ever proposed came to a close Nov. 6.