State’s access-to-care problems reflect the country’s nursing home problems
By
Joe Bush
Nov 22, 2022
Minnesotans’ access to long-term care is low. Most of the state’s nursing homes are turning away new admissions, according to a recent analysis by LeadingAge Minnesota’s Long-Term Care Imperative.
Providers warned: Ongoing relief fund audits may bring unprecedented info demands
By
Joe Bush
Nov 21, 2022
Provider Relief Fund audits have started in earnest, with the threat of federal investigators demanding more and different data than most skilled nursing providers have ever been asked to account for.
CMS, OIG agree on increasing scrutiny of psychotropic drug use
By
Joe Bush
Nov 18, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be increasing its oversight of the use of psychotropic drugs to pay closer attention to certain classes, warned the lead author of a federal report identifying...
DOJ targets state’s housing of mentally ill in nursing homes
By
Joe Bush
Nov 18, 2022
Whether Missouri has violated the American with Disabilities Act by using skilled nursing facilities to house individuals with mental illnesses is a question the Department of Justice will try to answer...
Also in the News for Friday, Nov. 18, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Nov 18, 2022
Judge finalizes $58 million COVID class action settlement against state veteran’s home … Pennsylvania DOH opens application from SNFs to receive $12 million of CDC workforce funding … Healthcare...
Long-term care expert touts optimism, advice for 2023 after tough year
By
Joe Bush
Nov 17, 2022
Staffing, reimbursement and regulatory pressures may have given providers a black eye in 2022, but leaders well-versed in regulatory expectations will be ready to rise to new challenges in 2023.
Focused aging services apprenticeships would ease staffing woes, advocates say
By
Joe Bush
Nov 16, 2022
One way to refill the long-term care staffing pipeline is with a robust apprenticeship program that sends students to many of the nation’s nursing homes, officials with nonprofit nursing home advocate...
More states moving to add extra layers of nursing home scrutiny
By
Joe Bush
Nov 15, 2022
The debut of the most recent new state dashboard shows the lengths states are going to in order to increase transparency into nursing home quality and operations.
US News adds nursing home ownership tenure, weekend staffing, infection data to its ratings
By
Joe Bush
Nov 15, 2022
US News & World Report’s well-known nursing home ratings kicked up the heat on operators this year, adding information on ownership tenure, weekend staffing levels and infections.
Nursing homes owner disputes misappropriation charges as state launches receivership effort
By
Joe Bush
Nov 11, 2022
A Minnesota lawyer and nursing home president is defending his company against a receivership effort, following allegations that three facilities used residents’ personal funds for operating expenses.