As SNF staffing mandate inches closer, more lawmakers publicly question its viability
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 12, 2023
As the clock counts down to the release of the Biden administration’s promised nursing home staffing mandate, providers are hoping that a growing chorus of federal lawmakers opposed to the idea will...
Biden unloads on nursing home operators
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 05, 2023
In addition to the shock of a newly announced staffing mandate Friday, providers also had an offensive column by President Biden to deal with.
Staffing mandate costs estimated at $6.5B annually, with 1 in 4 residents at risk of displacement, AHCA...
By
Josh Henreckson
May 10, 2024
The federal staffing mandate handed down by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will cost the long-term care sector $6.5 billion each year, according to analyses from the American Health Care...
Task force recommends state reduce reliance on nursing homes
By
Josh Henreckson
May 15, 2024
A new report on the state of long-term care in New Jersey has suggested sweeping changes to policy points of emphasis, regulations and financial incentives in the sector — drawing a mixture of reactions...
‘Outliers’ beware: Medicaid transparency rule will track staff spending patterns
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2024
While a new Medicaid transparency rule for nursing homes doesn’t go as far as a similar measure dictating how home and personal care providers spend their money, data collected through new reporting...
State weighing ‘living wage’ for all nursing home workers
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 01, 2023
Companion bills moving through the Massachusetts House and Senate would require that MassHealth — the state’s Medicaid program — reimburse facilities enough to pay all employees a “living wage.”
MedPAC pushes 3 percent Medicare SNF cut in report to Congress
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 17, 2023
A key body that advises Congress on Medicare policy is calling for a 3% reduction in payments to skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2024.
Long-term care operators could face 50% premium hikes next year
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 16, 2023
Many long-term care and senior living operators are likely facing steep insurance premium jumps for 2024, with underwriters increasingly skittish about extending coverage to poorly positioned clients.
CCRCs facing financial threats in their skilled care units, but there are silver linings: experts
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 16, 2024
Facing the mounting financial challenges of providing skilled care on their campuses, continuing care retirement communities should carefully weigh a variety of tactics and the particularities of local...
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...