The federal government will lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, the White House announced late Monday.
BREAKING: New CMS ownership proposal targets private equity, REITs and related parties
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Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Feb 13, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Service this afternoon proposed a new nursing home ownership disclosure rule intended to make more clear ownership and management operations of facilities.
Lawmakers, union attack AHCA’s opposition to nursing home staffing mandate
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 21, 2023
Two members of Congress joined national union leaders Thursday in accusing nursing home owners of diverting federal funds away from patient care in what was ostensibly a rally in support of a federal staffing...
Nexus, industry’s top planners offer ‘better’ way to facilitate long-term care services via hub...
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Joe Bush
Sep 09, 2022
Top aging care experts on Thursday floated a vision of regional centers of experts affordably advising seniors and their families on where to continue their healthcare upon discharge from a hospital.
BREAKING: CMS nursing home staffing mandate in question after study leaks
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James M. Berklan
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 29, 2023
The accidental online posting Tuesday afternoon of a study commissioned by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seems to indicate that the White House’s grand plans for a first-ever nursing home...
Skilled nursing sector’s growing (or shrinking) problems get new attention
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 23, 2023
For the second day in a row, a major US newspaper Tuesday highlighted problems in the long-term care sector.
Skilled nursing hits pandemic occupancy high but stakeholders still must change, consultant asserts
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Joe Bush
Nov 08, 2022
Nursing home occupancy continues to rise but rates are still below pre-pandemic levels, indicating it’s time for stakeholders to acknowledge there’s been irreversible change and time to diversify,...
Expect another Five-Star freeze amid nursing home survey delays, experts warn
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2024
Staffing measures used to calculate nursing homes’ federal ratings will freeze in April, further complicating a system based on often outdated and constantly changing metrics, experts warned last week.
[Updated] BREAKING: Price of nursing home staffing mandate is $6.8B, 100K more workers, analysis finds
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 26, 2023
Nursing homes would need to spend more than $6.8 billion annually to meet a proposed federal staffing mandate, which also would require them to hire more than 102,000 new workers if enacted as originally...
2022 McKnight’s Tech Award winners crowned
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James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2022
Award-winning skilled nursing operators took home top prizes in the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology program for outstanding strides made in infection control practices, visitor screening processes...