‘Perfect storm’ of pandemic challenges forces another facility closure
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 07, 2022
A Colorado nursing home will close its doors at the end of this month due to a “perfect storm” of pandemic-related financial challenges for the provider.
There’s still time to submit your nomination for the 2022 McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 06, 2022
There’s still parts of two days to submit entries for the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards. The final entry deadline is midnight Eastern Time on Thursday (July 7).
More than a thousand workers threaten nursing home strikes
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 04, 2022
Long-term care providers in New York and Detroit could be without more than a thousand workers soon, after employees authorized strikes in a push for better working conditions and better pay.
New employee interviews, deeper dive into PBJ data could lead to more survey citations
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
Nursing home operators should be on high alert about the questions surveyors will ask employees about sufficient staffing after heavy emphasis was placed on the matter in updated guidance released this...
Extended! Tech Awards nominations now due July 7
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
The extended deadline to enter the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition is Thursday, July 7, organizers have announced. The expanded deadline is to give providers the holiday weekend...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services appears to be weighing changes to its nursing home room capacity standards, based on recommendations included in updated guidance released Wednesday.
Providers to feds: Ease up on ‘restrictive’ COVID recommendations to ease staffing crunch
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Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2022
The nation’s second largest nursing home association has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reevaluate several of its COVID-19 recommendations for nursing homes, saying they restrict...
CMS releases updated Phase 3 guidance
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 29, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday released updated guidance for nursing home surveyors as part of the Phase 2 and 3 Requirements of Participation.
New study provides managerial insights for nursing home standardization, M&A activities
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 27, 2022
Chain-operated nursing homes that customize some services tend to perform better financially, according to a new study.
Former DON pleads guilty to making fake COVID-19 vaccine cards
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 24, 2022
The former director of nursing at a South Carolina skilled nursing facility has pleaded guilty in a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine card case, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.