Don’t underestimate first compliance challenge of proposed staffing rule: experts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 18, 2023
First up is a significant overhaul of the existing skilled nursing facility assessment, one that would put it higher on a surveyor’s dashboard and underpin efforts to enforce new staffing requirements.
Warm handoffs, cool tech help providers smooth transitions: expert
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2023
With quality metrics increasingly driven by patient satisfaction, the urgency of smoothly transitioning patients from one care setting to another is ratcheting up for both skilled nursing and home health...
Proposal would help more providers reduce civil monetary penalties
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 07, 2023
Providers who don’t plan to appeal a civil monetary penalty but fail to file a hearing waiver would still be in line for a fee reduction under a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal issued...
Genesis Healthcare Friday morning announced it will replace most of its corporate leadership team and change its operational model as the post-acute provider continues to focus on its recovery.
Inflation kills another nursing home effort to upgrade infrastructure
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 13, 2023
The developers of a major nursing home project are pulling the plug for now, another victim of inflationary and regulatory pressures plaguing the sector.
‘Staggering’ 75% of nursing homes almost never meet expected RN staffing levels, study finds
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2019
Three-fourths of the nation’s nursing homes never meet federal staffing expectations for registered nurse staffing, and RNs are often missing from such facilities on the weekends, according to a new...
As skilled nursing ‘teeters,’ leaders look to DC for help on pay rule and more
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2022
More than 500 skilled nursing providers are expected to arrive in Washington, D.C., Monday ready to press federal lawmakers for solutions on staffing and revenue issues that threaten patient access across...
States get needed nurse aide waiver relief but workers’ fates uncertain
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2022
Skilled nursing providers in at least 15 states averted the loss of thousands of frontline workers Thursday, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services let expire a blanket national waiver allowing...
The White House vision for nursing homes by many other names
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2022
There are pretty decent odds many elements of the White House vision for nursing homes won’t see the light of day.
As behavioral health demands grow, new federal center offers free SNF training
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 10, 2023
As federal regulators heighten pressure on skilled nursing facilities to accept and treat patients with mental health needs and substance abuse disorders, a new center is ramping up to equip providers...