Senate bill to block nursing home staffing mandate introduced
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 06, 2023
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) officially introduced a bill late Tuesday aiming to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing its proposed nursing home staffing mandate.
Nursing home RNs, nurse aides lead with 11 percent pay jumps: new industry survey
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
Thanks to the conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home nurses averaged double-digit pay increases this year, as virtually all titles notched healthy increases, according to the industry’s...
Researchers identify weak links in nursing homes’ COVID defense
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 07, 2023
Vaccination rates for COVID-19 for nightshift workers in nursing homes significantly lag their dayshift counterparts, creating a higher-risk environment for residents and other staff, according to new...
Proposal addressing therapy ‘double-whammy’ could net system savings
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 08, 2022
Long-term care therapy advocates and peers from other healthcare sectors touted the potential savings of nearly a quarter billion Medicare dollars if the SMART Act is passed.
Heated COVID-19 nursing home hearing elicits appeals for employee investment, more immigrant workers
By
Joe Bush
Sep 22, 2022
Many problems that afflicted nursing homes before the pandemic were thrust into the spotlight because one-fifth of the nation’s pandemic-related deaths have been connected to nursing homes.
Leadership, passion for long-term care on display at 6th annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
Skilled nursing, senior living and home care representatives celebrated the accomplishments of dozens of professional standouts during the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum ceremony...
LTC facilities scramble for more funding as state budgets get hammered out
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 03, 2023
Budget season has kicked off in state legislatures, and nursing home providers and advocates are at the front of the line desperately asking for increases in Medicaid rates.
Nursing homes can’t compete if the data doesn’t stack up, experts warn
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 25, 2022
Data that puts operations and expenses in perspective is more critical than ever, with skilled nursing providers facing more competition for both patients and workers.
How to do it … Forge stronger pharmacy-nurse ties
By
John Hall
Mar 04, 2024
The bond between pharmacists and long-term care nurses is one of great trust and professional respect. It requires open, unfiltered and unfettered communication. And it feeds on reliability and teamwork....
State’s nursing homes headed for terrible trifecta of fines, admissions freezes, Medicaid repayment
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 14, 2023
A nursing home staffing mandate is a “death sentence” for facilities that could soon owe tens of millions of dollars in noncompliance fines in Rhode Island, according to a top advocate there.