‘Hell yes!’ Why one nursing home company jumped to join the staffing mandate lawsuit
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 11, 2024
Months before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed federal staffing minimums for nursing homes, the American Health Care Association said it would sue over the rule should it offer providers...
Reconsider ‘extreme’ expansion of civil monetary penalties: LTC coalition to CMS
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 02, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should withdraw a planned civil monetary penalty expansion, a coalition of leading long-term care organizations argues in a new joint letter to the agency’s...
A.G. Rhodes openly sharing the path to the future of long-term care via its $37.5M ‘household’ renovation
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 17, 2024
After nearly a decade of planning, fundraising and a $37.5 million construction and renovation project, Atlanta-based provider AG Rhodes officially opened its new 72-bed “household-model” building...
CMS, Ohio governor approve funding increase for transition to private nursing home rooms
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 05, 2024
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave its approval for a state program increasing Medicaid reimbursements for nursing home providers that offer...
Looking to REITs for a loan? Opportunities may be short-lived if interest rates move downward
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 20, 2024
Higher interest rates that have made it harder for many providers to find capital from traditional sources are also motivating more real estate investment firms to move into lending.
HUD should invest more in vital nursing home revamping projects: experts
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 18, 2024
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development should play a larger role in driving much-needed renovations and quality improvements in the long-term care sector, a group of industry experts maintain...
Program boosts positive emotions in healthcare workers
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 27, 2024
Systemic and organizational changes are vital to help healthcare workers manage stress and burnout, but workers also are looking for programs to help them develop individual resilience. An online, self-guided...
CDC: Everyone over 6 months needs updated COVID vaccine
Jun 28, 2024
As a summer wave of COVID infections rolls across the country, US health officials have recommended that all Americans over the age of 6 months get one of the updated COVID vaccines when they become available...
Proposal to make NHSN reporting permanent bypasses provider concerns
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 01, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would expand and extend COVID-era respiratory illness reporting requirements under a provision of the recently proposed Home Health Prospective Payment System...
Ask the wound care expert … about antibiotics
By
Fatima Naqvi, MD
Feb 01, 2024
Should we always use topical antibiotics in wounds?