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A bill introduced by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) Tuesday seeks more than $50 million annually to address workforce training, clinical staffing and support service issues across the U.S., as the nation prepares...

Workforce shortages are well understood challenges of the healthcare industry. However, the skilled nursing industry has always been hit the hardest. This market is characterized by tight margins and facilities...

As reporting standards go, Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) reporting stands out as notoriously difficult. It involves a lot of labor and can be prone to ratings-endangering errors. Meeting the PBJ reporting...

Five new skilled nursing quality measures were officially added to the Five-Star Quality Ratings system on Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.

If we shift to a system that measures staff retention rather than staff ratios, the whole picture changes.

A federal investigation into alleged price gouging tactics being used by temporary staffing agencies against strained providers could be coming under the Biden administration. 

Medicaid funding update for nursing homes could cost $272M … Minimum staffing proposal halted in Virginia … Florida’s Medicaid shortfalls not being addressed: advocates

Increasing nurse staffing hours can help cut down on flu- and pneumonia-related hospitalizations, according to a new study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Skilled nursing advocates are applauding the “long-overdue” introduction of a bill Friday, which could kill “rigid provisions” they say are keeping the field from meeting its own dire staffing...

Some disturbing news appeared last week in The Wall Street Journal. The highly respected newspaper found that nursing homes are evicting long-term, frail residents—many on Medicaid—to make room for...