MedPAC to recommend 3 percent skilled nursing cut to Congress
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2023
A Congressional advisory commission on Thursday recommended a 3% cut to Medicare base payments for skilled nursing facilities in 2024.
Skilled nursing deals led record year for seniors housing and care
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 12, 2023
The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions rose to 527 in 2022, and skilled nursing powerhouse pacts sent the average amounts soaring.
Staffing ‘instability’ might be new mandate metric; providers gear up for battle
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 11, 2023
Average day-to-day staffing levels may be a key way to measure impact on nursing home care quality, a new study finds as federal regulators move closer to their goal of a proposed staffing mandate.
Climate threats grow but many nursing homes don’t know: Yale
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Kimberly Marselas
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 11, 2023
Two new studies on wildfire and hurricane-related flooding threats to nursing homes demonstrate a need to bolster emergency preparedness in a sector where many leaders may be unaware of evolving weather-related...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 11
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 11, 2023
Public Health Emergency extension — possibly the last — expected this week … Washington hospitals advocate for increased LTC funding as Legislature opens … California long-term care insurance task...
Another year on top makes nurses a target for some
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2023
It’s too bad some prosecutors are doing their best to muddy the reputations of America’s most trusted workers,
Nursing homes’ lawsuit fighting beds-per-room limit given the OK
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2023
Thirty-one nursing home providers have cleared a major hurdle in their efforts to block a state rule limiting capacity to two residents per room.
Leaning into behavioral health and staying out of agency: Ciena Group’s Amy La Fleur
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 09, 2023
The Ciena Group is poised for growth in 2023 thanks, in part, to attractive programmatic additions and building design innovations.
Free COVID tests now available to all aging services providers
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 09, 2023
Nursing homes and other aging services providers across the US can now access free COVID-19 test kits through an expanded partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services and LeadingAge.
Also in the News for Monday, Jan. 9
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 09, 2023
FDA approves new experimental drug to treat early Alzheimer’s … New rule would bar employers from requiring workers to sign non-compete agreements … Unemployment drops to historic low, impeding...