Providers must confront radical change in shifting competitive landscape: experts
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 09, 2023
Aging services and the long-term care sector will radically change over the next 10 years as the number of seniors seeking care grows exponentially, according to experts participating in a symposium focusing...
CMS to lose half of staff in shutdown, full impact on providers uncertain
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Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 28, 2023
Nursing home providers should not see any interruption in Medicaid and Medicare benefits during a short-term government shutdown, experts and sector observers said as Congress moved closer to the precipice...
Feds try again to hold LTC management firm liable for residents’ racist treatment of employees
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 18, 2023
A federal agency is appealing a court ruling that removed some workers and released a retirement community’s management company from responsibility in a case alleging racist treatment by residents against...
Analysis warns few nursing homes could now meet 3.5 staffing hours per day
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 17, 2023
A national analysis finds that more than half of US nursing homes would not meet a daily, 3.5-hour nursing requirement and just 29% would meet a standard of 4.0 hours.
‘Smell test’ fails? Embattled nursing home operators defend attempts to sell amid legal challenges
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Jessica R. Towhey
Sep 12, 2023
The federal government is seeking an injunction to halt the sale of assets by nursing home operators in western Pennsylvania that it says does not “pass the smell test.”
Operator hit with record $5.5M verdict over oxygen failure
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 03, 2023
A jury has awarded the family of a deceased nursing home resident $5.5 million after her oxygen machine stopped working due to a power outage.
Statewide CNA training program nearly halfway to goal after just one year
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 30, 2023
A three-year, statewide program to boost the number of certified nursing assistants in California is nearly halfway to its goal after just the first year of implementation.
As providers scavenge, advocates urge White House to prioritize LTC vaccines
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 24, 2023
One long-term care sector advocate on Monday likened securing COVID, RSV and flu vaccines to a survivalist book and movie series, even as the White House says it is making a push to boost coverage rates...
National Advisory Commission for long-term care proposed — without providers
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 02, 2023
Two US senators propose creating a national advisory commission on long-term care services, but the legislation creating it does not include nursing home representatives.
Nursing home job losses happened three times as fast as in other sectors: JAMA
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 08, 2023
Nursing homes job losses have mounted at more than triple the rate of loss in hospitals and physicians’ offices, according to new research that looked at labor rates from 2016 to 2022.