Campaign seeks to cut through ‘politicking though fear’ in nursing home staffing debate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2024
For the second spring in a row, Washington, DC, is blanketed not by delicate cherry blossoms but by bold and inescapable messaging on a nursing home staffing mandate.
In Washington to champion skilled nursing, providers pick up another anti-staffing mandate measure in...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 04, 2024
Federal lawmakers continue to look for ways to reverse a staffing rule that demands nursing homes hire more than 102,000 new staff members, with fresh promises Monday to pursue several paths forward.
Study: Discharging COVID-positive patients into SNFs from hospitals raised cases, deaths in early pandemic
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 03, 2024
There were more preventable cases and deaths when older adults who were treated at hospitals for COVID-19 were transferred to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) accepting positive patients compared to facilities...
Control your hiring pipeline: In-house CNA training amidst CMS staffing mandates
Jun 03, 2024
Strengthen your healthcare team’s future by implementing in-house CNA training programs, ensuring compliance with new CMS staffing mandates. Discover how this strategic move can enhance your hiring...
New hospital partnership boosts revenue, adds nursing home services for underserved community
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 29, 2024
A new collaboration aims to add skilled nursing beds to a region with substantial hospital back-ups, while also meeting a growing demand for additional pediatric and dialysis services.
Industry and legal experts are expressing confidence in a lawsuit filed last week that aims to kill a federal nursing home staffing mandate, with some boldly predicting a fairly straight-forward defeat...
The impact of survey delays on nursing home quality and consumer information
By
Steven Littlehale
May 24, 2024
In a column published by McKnight’s in December 2023, “Revamping CMS Survey Data Integration Amid Regulatory Lag in Nursing Home Oversight,” I urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
BREAKING: AHCA files lawsuit to dismiss nursing home staffing rule
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday seeks to throw out the national nursing home staffing mandate, charging that it exceeds the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and that it “creates...
With right capital, PACS looks to solidify ‘legacy’ with 53-facility deal
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
Six weeks after going public, long-term care provider PACS Group announced Thursday it was expanding by nearly 25%, adding 53 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the Northwest.
GAO review of long-term care ombudsman programs eerily echoes providers’ own concerns
By
Josh Henreckson
May 24, 2024
Many of the same problems facing long-term care operators across the country have also increasingly arisen as obstacles for state long-term care ombudsman programs in recent years, according to a report...