State shrugs off workforce shortage, starts staffing rule enforcement
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 11, 2023
New York’s nursing home providers are at odds with the state regarding the severity of the workforce shortage as enforcement of the state’s staffing mandate began Monday.
Iowa’s making legislative remedies but nursing homes keep closing
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 10, 2023
Iowa has increased its Medicaid rate, put millions of dollars into workforce development, approved tort reform, and enacted a moratorium on new nursing home licenses, but the state continues to lose nursing...
Coalition finalizing action plans to improve nursing homes based on National Academies report
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 10, 2023
More than a year after a national report condemned nursing homes for not providing the kind of safe and caring environments residents require, a coalition is readying nine action plans to address inadequacies. ...
Lawmakers consider sweeping nursing home reforms, including rebased pay rates, and tuition reimbursement
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 21, 2023
Massachusetts nursing homes would have to report on all individuals who hold a 5% or larger ownership share, create fresh infection control plans and conduct annual training under a reform plan moving...
As Medicaid disenrollments surge, concerns about nursing home residents persist
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 05, 2023
Although hundreds of thousands have been knocked off state Medicaid rolls this spring, worries about dropped coverage for Medicaid-dependent nursing home residents have so far not proven reality in large...
Iowa reforms tort law, nursing home ownership rules
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 30, 2023
Operators are praising once-in-a-generation tort reform and new ownership rules designed to attract “good” nursing home operators as key wins in a bountiful legislative session for the skilled nursing...
Medicaid and leadership challenges, as state takes over nursing home
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 17, 2023
A Rhode Island nursing home with more than 30 citations for deficiencies and whose administrator’s license was suspended last month has been put into state receivership.
Nursing home eviction review added to OIG work plan
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 16, 2023
A federal watchdog will be taking a magnifying glass to the process of nursing home evictions. It will issue a report later this year on evictions, calling them a potentially “unsafe and traumatic experience”...
State’s nursing homes to see 33% Medicaid rate increase, exec says
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 15, 2023
Montana nursing homes will see an approximate 33% increase in Medicaid rates phased in over two years, said one of the sector’s leading advocates, but it remains to be seen whether even that will be...
As CON rules are lifted, nursing home development still questioned
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 11, 2023
South Carolina’s lawmakers repealed the state’s certificate of need for healthcare facilities, except in the case of nursing homes – a befuddling decision, according to one sector CEO.