LeadingAge counters after Senator’s staffing demands
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 21, 2018
A leading industry advocate is firing back, a few days after one U.S. senator demanded changes related to nursing home staffing.
CMS grants skilled nursing $820 million raise in final payment rule
By
Marty Stempniak
Aug 01, 2018
As anticipated, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its final rule for paying skilled nursing providers on Tuesday. Providers will see an $820 million raise for fiscal 2019, which begins...
Think tank says Labor numbers don’t add up on teen worker rule; providers fire back
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Marty Stempniak
Dec 12, 2018
A New York-based think tank is blasting a proposed law change that nursing home advocates say would help ease the field’s staffing struggles.
Study reveals long-term care indicators for predicting hospital readmissions
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 25, 2018
Nursing homes looking to gauge whether a resident is at risk for readmission may have a new tea leaf to read.
Five Star faces threat of possible stock delisting, might sell SNFs
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 15, 2018
After a rough third quarter, a Massachusetts-based senior care provider faces an uncertain future, with the possibility of its shares being delisted from the Nasdaq.
Innovative pilot program aims to help nursing home residents with mental health issues
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Marty Stempniak
Jul 25, 2018
One Pennsylvania nursing home is trying a new approach to treating residents with mental health issues by experimenting with an innovative new pilot program.
Nursing home stakeholders fire back at Medicare ‘drifting toward disaster’ claims
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 18, 2019
Provider advocates came out swinging Thursday over a McKnight’s story relaying a former government official’s claims that nursing homes share the blame in Medicare’s alleged “drifting toward disaster.”
Provider advocates say ‘abrupt’ changes to Nursing Home Compare are confusing consumers
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 25, 2019
Industry trade groups slammed changes to Nursing Home Compare that went into effect on Wednesday, concerned that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is “moving the goalposts” for providers.
CareTrust sees SNF market heating up, plans $300M in new deals
By
Marty Stempniak
Feb 15, 2019
Add another big-name player to the list of experts believing that the skilled nursing real estate market is heating up.
The secret ingredient to one nursing home’s dramatic drop in antipsychotic use
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 28, 2018
Holly Heights Nursing Center in Denver has demonstrated dramatic reductions in the use of antipsychotic use in recent years. Janet Snipes, whose been with the home for more than 40 years, says there is...