SNFs, CCRCs still lag others in recruiting staff: Fitch Ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2023
Skilled nursing facilities are lagging behind assisted living communities when it comes to recruiting staff, according to Fitch Ratings’ latest monthly labor dashboard for the sector.
Profiteering by nursing agencies predicted as providers weigh staffing mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 11, 2023
Skilled nursing operators are warning that overreliance on temporary workers will worsen under a proposed federal staffing mandate.
Nursing homes will see a higher-than-expected 4.0% increase in their Medicare Part A payments in fiscal 2024, per a finalized Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule publicized late Monday. But major...
Another state looks to roll back nursing home fines as regulations miss the mark
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 09, 2023
New York is one of several states that are reconsidering, at least partially, their attempts to implement new staffing and fiscal transparency rules, given persistent workforce shortages that are leaving...
Workforce dip in May reignites nursing home worries about caregiver supply
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2024
The number of workers in skilled nursing facilities declined in May, according to federal data published Friday. That stops a months-long positive trend for the sector.
Study: Discharging COVID-positive patients into SNFs from hospitals raised cases, deaths in early pandemic
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 03, 2024
There were more preventable cases and deaths when older adults who were treated at hospitals for COVID-19 were transferred to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) accepting positive patients compared to facilities...
AHCA battles ‘crisis’ with new long-term care job education campaign
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 12, 2023
Nursing homes’ largest advocacy group on Wednesday launched a national campaign to boost hiring in the face of an unprecedented worker shortage that is curtailing capacity and threatening the ability...
Prioritizing staff members’ well-being shown to alleviate shortages: study
By
Anjali Byju
Jul 13, 2023
Researchers have found that nursing homes with leaders demonstrably committed to worker safety, health and well-being had staff turnover rates 10% lower than facilities with leaders who did not champion...
Outlook for life plan communities’ skilled nursing units ‘deteriorating’, Fitch says
By
Joe Bush
Dec 07, 2022
Ongoing and future challenges could stall recovery of skilled nursing facilities operating as part of life plan communities, which also face broader threats in 2023.
How bad are the huge pay gaps between agency and full-time staff nurses? This bad
By
Joe Bush
Dec 19, 2022
A state-by-state comparison of pay-rate disparities between agency nurses and their full-time counterparts is feeding the fury that disgruntled long-term care operators and other providers have felt during...