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used to calculate nursing homes’ federal ratings will freeze in April, further complicating a system based on often outdated and constantly changing metrics, experts warned last week.
PACS reveals strategy behind its move to go public
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2024
PACS Group this week filed to become a publicly traded company, a move the giant long-term care company is promising will allow it to add to its explosive growth in coming years.
First subtraction, now additions: Diversicare CEO Steve Nee on rebuilding the brand
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 04, 2023
Two years after becoming a private company, Tennessee-based Diversicare is a leaner organization, and one ready to take on new opportunities, CEO Steve Nee says.
Impressed by newly acquired facilities, Avamere brings therapy back in house
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
Nine months after acquiring four facilities with in-house therapy departments, Avamere has decided to bring all of its therapy back in house.
Threat of devastating ‘bad debt’ grows as nursing home billing offices flounder
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 18, 2023
Unheard of staffing shortages in nursing home billing offices are leading to billing lapses and major uncollectible or ‘bad’ debt amounts. A $4 million case in Connecticut is fueling observers’ concerns...
Disrupting an ‘ecosystem that works’: Providers rip staffing mandate’s LPN omission
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 26, 2023
As operators continue to parse a proposed federal staffing mandate, one of the biggest concerns is for workers who get little attention in the proposed regulations: the licensed practical nurses whom many...
Meet the providers who already would satisfy the nursing home staffing mandate
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 14, 2023
There were few silver linings to be found In the nursing home staffing proposal earlier this year. But a detailed examination of the rule and continued review of federal data show there is reason to hope...
Massive cyber attack creates crushing billing burdens for skilled nursing; sparks efforts for payment...
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2024
A cyberattack that has shut down the nation’s largest healthcare billing clearinghouse and impacted dozens of related services for 10 days is delaying payments, threatening major cash flow issues for...
The introduction of a Senate bill intended to block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from implementing its proposed nursing home staffing mandate was met roundly with applause from providers...
Meet the SNFs meeting the mandate
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2024
A detailed examination of a proposed staffing mandate and continued review of federal data show there is reason to hope providers could meet stiff, new requirements — with the right support.