Providers, Congress ratchet up pressure on CMS to extend nurse-aide certification waiver
By
Joe Bush
Sep 14, 2022
Members of Congress last week asked Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to support flexibilities to help with the nation’s SNF staffing crisis.
MDS draft sends sector, states scrambling to assess effects
By
Joe Bush
Sep 07, 2022
Long-term care facilities, staff and half the states in the US should start preparing immediately for extensive changes to the Minimum Data Set, resident assessment experts said this week.
South Davis Specialty Care wins and learns
Sep 06, 2022
On this Newsmakers podcast, R. Scott Anderson, RN, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer for South Davis Specialty Care, talks about the facility’s second Gold victory in the American Health...
Inflation replaces staffing as top concern for many operators: survey
By
Joe Bush
Aug 26, 2022
Staff recruitment and turnover still rank high among the stiffest headwinds, but increased operating expenses now top the list of concerns for many skilled nursing and seniors housing operators, according...