It’s been a calamitous couple of weeks for storm-battered skilled nursing operators and many of the dedicated people who work in them.
Spiraling costs threaten growing optimism for skilled nursing in 2023 Outlook Survey
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 03, 2023
Optimism for the skilled nursing sector is growing, with intense worries about staff shortages and less-than-desired occupancy starting to recede. But other concerns have swiftly moved into the void.
The top long-term care news stories of 2022
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 22, 2022
As the nursing home sector tried to move out of COVID-19’s shadow in 2022, new challenges rushed in. It was a year filled with more, largely unwanted, attention from lawmakers and regulators, and legal...
Operating pressures, clinical add-ons bringing more small providers to value-based models
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2022
Skilled nursing experts are urging more small and possibly reluctant providers to begin embracing value-based care arrangements.
It’s time to let crime pay
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2022
If gung-ho prosecutors get a little more screen time around here while some of our usual sources close up shop for a couple weeks, don’t rush past. There are plenty of lessons to be learned.
There’s often a wide gap between what managers think today’s healthcare workers want and what’s truly in demand, differences that can lead to dissatisfaction and hinder recruitment efforts.
2022 McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit shines
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2022
Following another year in which COVID-19 and staffing shortages forced skilled nursing operators to innovate, the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards drew a record number of entries.
Baseless False Claims cases could decline with Supreme Court intervention
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2022
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday from federal lawyers seeking to dismiss more False Claims allegations in which the government chooses not to intervene, a move that would likely reduce the...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Nov. 30
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 30, 2022
Ohio nursing homes seeking $600 million, and Republicans appear ready to deal … Citing destroyed video surveillance, judge finds nursing home negligent in choking case … HHS rule aims to improve care...
Opponents of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers are pursuing two fresh pathways to defeat it. Both challenges cite the pandemic’s current, less critical stage...