Long-term care leaders, investors to gaze into their crystal balls at Los Angeles meetings
Mar 04, 2011
A pair of investment and operations forums for long-term care operators and lenders will take place next week at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. “New opportunities, new realities:...
Salary growth slowed, vacancy rates increased in 2013, assisted living report shows
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 29, 2014
Assisted living administrators earned a median salary of $78,000 in 2013, according to the newly released 2013-2104 Assisted Living Salary & Benefits report.
Government report: 1 in 5 Medicare patients suffers an adverse event while receiving post-acute SNF care
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 04, 2014
About 22% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced an adverse event during a post-hospitalization skilled nursing facility stay in fiscal year 2011, and the majority of these events were preventable, according...
Improving indoor air quality is new focus of national COVID mitigation strategy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2022
Improving this quality measure is key to reducing the toll that respiratory viruses are taking on vulnerable older adults. But current regulations are “simply out of date,” experts say.
CCRCs need to check residents’ health insurance plans twice a year, expert urges
By
Tim Mullaney
May 01, 2014
Continuing care retirement communities should ask residents about their health plans twice a year, to keep tabs on the increasing number of seniors being shifted into Medicare Advantage, an expert told...
LeadingAge: Tough times ahead for long-term care providers
Nov 30, 2011
LeadingAge President and CEO Larry Minnix openly acknowledged Wednesday afternoon that the next two years could be tense and difficult for long-term care providers. He was just one of a handful of experts...
Provider advocates strike hopeful note as LTC Commission meets for the first time
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 28, 2013
With mere months to make progress on the deep issues facing the long-term care industry, the Congressional Long-Term Care Commission held its first official meeting Thursday. LTC stakeholders issued statements...
Providers outraged: ‘Gang of Six’ spending proposal would eliminate CLASS Act
Jul 20, 2011
Providers immediately ripped a new deficit-reduction proposal Tuesday that was announced by a bipartisan group of influential U.S. Senators and endorsed at least modestly by both the White House and some...
Nursing homes want IRS guidance on accountable care organization participation
Jun 10, 2011
Nursing home and hospital provider groups have asked the Internal Revenue Service for clarification and guidance regarding the participation of nonprofit providers in accountable care organizations. Many...
Minnix blasts ‘doc fix’ formula
Mar 20, 2015
The “doc fix” that ends the Sustainable Growth Rate formula drew at least one long-term leader’s sharp criticism. The $213 billion deal, which is still to be voted on in both houses,...