Pandemic creates difficult financial terrain for SNFs
By
John Hall
Nov 01, 2020
Providers confront challenges, from low occupancy to earnings losses, but opportunities beckon as well.
November FocusOn Briefs
Nov 01, 2020
Ziegler research highlights home-based primary care needs; Lancaster Pollard discloses senior living team promotions; and Capital Funding Group posts record first half in financing.
Wasserman goes the distance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Michael Wasserman, M.D., President, California Association of Long Term Care Medicine
CDC: Repeated testing pivotal
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director stressed the need for repeated testing of staff members to stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
Commission calls for 27-point reconstruct
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
The Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes in mid-September issued a voluminous 186-page report containing 27 recommendations.
Infection rates trigger relief pay
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
Nursing homes are subject to an incentive-based pay system for the last four months of 2020 when it comes to tapping into the most recently released $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding, the Department...
HHS widens providers’ use of POC tests to screen for virus
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services has begun allowing nursing homes, along with assisted living facilities and other congregate settings, to use point-of-care tests to screen for COVID-19.
New testing mandates could cost up to $15K each week
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
Larger nursing homes could be on the hook for as much as another $15,000 per week to comply with newly announced COVID-19 testing requirements for staff members, LeadingAge warned in a mid-September report.
Dreaded MFAR withdrawn
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
Providers got their wish in mid-August when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it was rescinding a controversial proposal that would have cut up to $50 billion annually nationwide from...
Ask the payment expert: I am seeing an increase in Medicare Replacement Policy additional document requests....
By
Caryn Adams
Oct 01, 2020
I am seeing an increase in Medicare Replacement Policy additional document requests. How should we respond?