Insider perspective on price increases at nurse staffing agencies
By
Dan Silver
Dec 07, 2021
When my family started Silver Medical Staffing in 2019, our only clients were skilled nursing facilities. Our first contract was a block from our house, and I passed the building every day on my walk to...
Leading Medicare experts: End post-acute COVID waivers, but keep this key change
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 07, 2021
COVID-era waivers that made it easier for hospitals to discharge patients to post-acute settings should be revoked, except for one element, researchers said.
Worker data under threat: Another concern for providers desperate for staff
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 07, 2021
Legal experts insist the threat to healthcare providers relying more than ever on vendors for temporary help is very real.
Volunteering opened my eyes to the plight of our LTC system
By
Colleen McConnaha
Dec 06, 2021
Several weeks ago, I began volunteering as a care assistant at a nursing home that is part of the system my husband works for. It has been a rewarding, eye-opening, and somewhat concerning experience that...
Long-term care providers get help from National Guard
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 06, 2021
Providers in New York and Minnesota are receiving additional help from National Guard forces to aid with severe staffing shortages amid worries about the omicron variant.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not be enforcing its rule requiring healthcare workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19 while preliminary...
Staffing crunch leads to major investments, union wins
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 03, 2021
Long-term care workers in several regions are in line for significant wage increases after employees received substantial pledges from their respective operators.
Yet another important reminder we’re all in this together
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 03, 2021
While our lingering pandemic drama may sadly still be relatively young, facilities’ teetering financial worries are a bit more complex than face value. The long-term care problems in Maine and many other...
It’s time to operationalize turnover
By
Cara Silletto
Dec 02, 2021
We used to throw around the term “workforce crisis” in senior care before the pandemic. Times were tough, but we had no idea how bad it could, and would, actually get. Many senior care organizations...
CMS guidance on healthcare worker rule stuck amid legal challenges
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 02, 2021
Further guidance on the federal government’s healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccine rule that was expected to be issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the next two weeks could be...