16 bills in healthcare package, but little to show for nursing homes
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 20, 2023
As lawmakers in Nebraska this week moved forward with 16 bills devoted to shoring up the state’s largely rural healthcare system, one sector went mostly unaddressed.
Meet Capital Funding Group’s Jack Dwyer, 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Business Partner’...
By
Kimberly Hartley
Apr 20, 2023
Sure, Jack Dwyer has financed more than $16 billion in deals for the senior living and care industry since starting Capital Funding Group in 1993 as a one-stop-shop financing solution. But how many other...
Surprise Biden order ‘punishing’ for nursing home providers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 19, 2023
An executive order signed by President Joe Biden Tuesday afternoon will trigger broad, cabinet-level activities intended to improve nursing home and other caregiving jobs and hold providers accountable...
McKnight’s Workforce Development Forum III
May 18, 2023
Presentations by Intelycare, KARE, OnShift + ShiftKey
A new perspective on wound care in LTC
By
David Navazio
Apr 18, 2023
True, residents in long-term facilities do get wounds — even though we all work very hard to make sure they don’t — but we’d rather not talk about the subject.
More nursing homes should provide residents with I-SNP option
By
John Capasso
Apr 17, 2023
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 established a Medicare Advantage Coordinated Care Plan intended for individuals with special care needs, including nursing home residents with lengths of stay over...
Economic indicators rise, but staffing conditions still keeping SNFs down
By
Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Apr 17, 2023
A rash of seemingly positive economic indicators issued in recent days might lead nursing home operators and owners to think the incredible operating and financial pressures of the past 18 months are finally...
Minimum staffing requirement: Thank you?
By
Joe Xanthopoulos
Apr 14, 2023
“The only way to assure there is enough staff in a skilled nursing facility is to implement a minimum staffing requirement.” When you hear or read statements like this from a member of Congress, a...
MedPAC ‘ruling out’ safety net for SNFs with heavy, low-income Medicare caseloads
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 14, 2023
Nursing homes that treat a large share of low-income Medicare patients have such high margins that they don’t need a bonus payment to help maintain access, a panel that advises Congress on Medicare policy...
What therapy teams should know about proposed changes to the SNF quality reporting program
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 13, 2023
The time is here. The time is now for us all understand the upcoming shifts to the skilled nursing facility quality reporting program (SNF QRP). This is not simply a program for one department to understand....