Recruiting immigrants? Invite them in and wrap them up
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2022
The message is clear then that providers who want to succeed while on this recruitment journey must prepare for some key challenges; chief among them is the idea that these workers, like any others, will...
Biden targets nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
President Joe Biden made nursing home history March 1, when he included the sector in his first State of the Union address. Biden pledged a crackdown on private-equity investors and vowed tougher oversight.
Chris Eamiguel named CFO of Texas SNF chain
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2022
Chris Eamiguel has been named permanent chief financial officer for Creative Solutions in Healthcare, which claims to be the largest skilled nursing operator in Texas.
Put your paws together for this new nursing home celebrity
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2022
When she’s not shooting ad campaigns, Annie Rose is a therapy dog who works with seniors at nursing homes and retirement communities.
White House vision has providers seeing red
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
Proposed staff minimums, increased enforcement activity and a ‘chilling’ stance on private investment raise concerns about keeping the doors open.
Growing old ain’t what it used to be
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2022
There’s nothing like a couple of days of business travel to make you feel old.
‘A great place to practice’: New AMDA president looks to advance medical directors’ influence
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 06, 2022
If one were looking for an opportunity to shape long-term care, there might be no better time to step into a top advocacy position than days after federal officials launch a major reform effort.
CMS chief holds second 1-on-1 with providers as reform looms
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2022
Leaders of several nonprofit skilled nursing providers warned Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure about the potential impact of “unfunded mandates” and “counterproductive”...
Reforms could start sooner than one year, Becerra says in ‘monumental’ nursing home meeting
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
The federal government will meet or exceed a goal of implementing key nursing home reform measures within a year, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday.
Until Ukrainian caregivers can rest, we can’t look away
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2022
It hurts to think of those whose fate rests solely with their Ukrainian caregivers, who have families and lives of their own to consider. But you’ll miss something important if you look away.