Fallout from clearinghouse attack continues to mushroom
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 13, 2024
It seemed improbable the first time someone told me the fallout from the cyberattack on the Change Healthcare platform might last for weeks, or for months even.
LTC corporate execs get moderate raises, eye-popping bonuses
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 22, 2024
Corporate executives of multi-site long-term care organizations banked an average raise of 3.7% in 2023, according to a new report issued Wednesday.
Increasing skilled mix fuels Ensign growth
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 06, 2023
Ensign Group notched another record quarter for earnings and an eighth consecutive quarter of overall occupancy growth, company leaders reported during a Friday earnings call covering 2022 year-end results.
Colliding factors threaten to ‘muddy’ state Medicaid reimbursement
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2023
Several converging factors could make the next few years especially complicated for state Medicaid systems, with the potential for new cost-setting strategies to affect providers from coast-to-coast.
Want to drive market value? Change strategy, financial experts advise
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 19, 2022
Valuing skilled nursing properties remains a widely varying challenge for lenders.
Florida’s ‘free kill law’ fails the optics test
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 11, 2023
A state tort reform effort that already stood to make nursing homes look pretty callous toward residents’ families got even uglier this week.
Regulatory stance threatening skilled nursing access: Cascadia’s Steve LaForte
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2022
The pandemic has driven skilled nursing operators to become more collaborative, but federal and state government officials must make a similar shift if they hope to maintain access and improve quality...
Nursing homes finally seeing benefits of Medicare Advantage supplemental services
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 30, 2023
Supplemental benefits designed to address seniors’ health and well-being have long targeted community-dwelling beneficiaries. They have grown from simple dental and vision add-ons to a wide swath of...
LTC Properties had its strongest investment year since 2015, company leaders said Thursday, with Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson touting $170 million in annual investment as proof of a “hard-won positive...
SNFist practice driven out of business by False Claims allegations must face trial
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 28, 2023
A once well-regarded but now-shuttered physician practice must face trial in a False Claims Act case alleging it overbilled for skilled nursing care, a federal judge ruled this week.