Another state looks to roll back nursing home fines as regulations miss the mark
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 09, 2023
New York is one of several states that are reconsidering, at least partially, their attempts to implement new staffing and fiscal transparency rules, given persistent workforce shortages that are leaving...
As Medicaid disenrollments surge, concerns about nursing home residents persist
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jun 05, 2023
Although hundreds of thousands have been knocked off state Medicaid rolls this spring, worries about dropped coverage for Medicaid-dependent nursing home residents have so far not proven reality in large...
Unique federal-state partnership bringing nursing homes into value-based care program
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 31, 2023
Hospitals must begin to view nursing homes as “equal partners” to ensure success in a unique state-federal partnership that aims to reduce costs and improve care, according to one advocate involved...
On federal staffing minimum, providers need protections: AHCA’s Phil Fogg
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 24, 2023
Nursing home providers could support a federal minimum staffing rule that is funded and exempts them from penalties if they make “best faith efforts” to hire, according to one of the nation’s top...
After balking at $2 SNF raise, lawmakers create unelected board to set wages
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 22, 2023
Lawmakers in Minnesota have created a regulatory board to set compensation levels for nursing homes without approving funding for facilities to afford higher wages, a situation that could lead to difficult...
Medicaid and leadership challenges, as state takes over nursing home
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 17, 2023
A Rhode Island nursing home with more than 30 citations for deficiencies and whose administrator’s license was suspended last month has been put into state receivership.
With legislators unable to stomach cost, proposed staffing rule likely to die
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 10, 2023
Lawmakers in Connecticut have conceded that the funding needed to increase mandatory, direct-care hours at nursing homes is not available as they contend with other priorities.
Texas providers seek financial lifeline as Medicaid rate decision looms
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 09, 2023
Having gone without a Medicaid increase for a decade, nursing homes in Texas are bracing for a financial hit when a small-but-vital pandemic subsidy ends Thursday.
Provider payments could be at ‘catastrophic’ risk if federal debt limit breached
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 08, 2023
The US is in danger of breaching its debt limit, which would have serious repercussions for the long-term care sector, advocates and experts warned.
Washington nursing homes get 13.6 percent Medicaid boost — no strings attached
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 26, 2023
Washington state lawmakers have increased Medicaid funding for nursing homes by 13.6% over the next two years, but advocates say the additional resources won’t fully cover the cost of care