With 41% leap in nursing home costs, ‘doing nothing’ not an option: AHCA
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2022
After two years in which nursing homes have been pilloried in the media and come under increased regulatory scrutiny, the nation’s top provider organization hopes two days of in-person meetings with...
As forecast price of federal staffing mandate climbs to $11.7B, analysts offer alternatives
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 28, 2023
A minimum staffing mandate of 4.1 hours per patient per day could cost the skilled nursing sector $11.7 billion annually, according to an updated analysis by consulting and advisory firm CliftonLarsonAllen.
As staffing minimum looms, other workforce solutions simmer on back burner
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2023
A long-awaited federal rule that could rewrite how nursing home owners and operators staff their buildings is in the final stage of review before being released publicly.
Bill would expand access to international healthcare workers
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 29, 2019
A major provider organization and its nursing arm are backing a bill that would nearly double the number of employment visas granted annually and ensure access to “critical healthcare workers.” The...
Providers: Staffing rule a CMS ‘fairy tale’ that will ‘exacerbate’ nursing home access issue
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2024
Despite minor concessions in a staffing mandate issued Monday, many nursing home providers were shell-shocked by what they saw as federal regulators’ intractable stance on minimums at a time when nearly...
Restructuring, Medicaid boosts pay off for Omega in Q2
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Kimberly Marselas
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 04, 2023
Stronger-than-expected cash rent payments helped bolster Omega Healthcare Investors’ performance in the second quarter, giving the real estate investment trust a healthy $250 million in revenue, $5 million...
MedPAC pushes 3 percent Medicare SNF cut in report to Congress
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 17, 2023
A key body that advises Congress on Medicare policy is calling for a 3% reduction in payments to skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2024.
Long-term care operators could face 50% premium hikes next year
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 16, 2023
Many long-term care and senior living operators are likely facing steep insurance premium jumps for 2024, with underwriters increasingly skittish about extending coverage to poorly positioned clients.
State threatens under-occupied facilities with another rate cut
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 02, 2023
A new bill threatens to cut administrative payments to Connecticut nursing homes that cannot maintain 90% occupancy, even as the national skilled nursing average hovers around 75%.
5-star facility is closing, blames state’s emphasis on home care
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Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2023
A 5-star, three-generation family owned nursing home just outside Connecticut’s capital was granted the right to close Friday. It’s a move the owner pursued as the state embarked on a campaign to eliminate...