Parker Jewish teams with Jintronix for new therapy approach
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 11, 2020
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation is introducing Jintronix, a next-generation physical therapy modality for long-term and sub-acute patients. Jintronix challenges rehab patients...
SLIB coordinates double SNF deal
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 10, 2019
Senior Living Investment Brokerage recently facilitated the sale of two Tennessee skilled nursing communities with a total of 176 beds. The transaction involved Mt. Pleasant Health & Rehab Center (with...
CMS going public with facility turnover, weekend staffing data
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Friday announced that it will begin posting nursing home staff turnover rates and weekend staffing levels on the consumer-facing Medicare Care Compare...
Staff deaths, other elements to be removed from CDC data requirements
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Kimberly Marselas
May 26, 2023
Skilled nursing providers will soon see significant changes to COVID-related data-reporting requirements, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced.
With ‘hundreds’ of facilities audited over schizophrenia, CMS pursues harsher antipsychotics stance
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2024
With half of nursing homes audited in a new process admitting to misdiagnosing schizophrenia patients, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is extending its drive to reduce the use of certain drugs...
Connecticut providers sue state health officials over staffing rule ‘overreach’
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 12, 2023
Connecticut’s largest nursing home association has sued the state Department of Public Health to stop nurse staffing ratios, arguing that state officials went beyond the intent of the legislature in...
Colliding factors threaten to ‘muddy’ state Medicaid reimbursement
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2023
Several converging factors could make the next few years especially complicated for state Medicaid systems, with the potential for new cost-setting strategies to affect providers from coast-to-coast.
Home care gains not all coming at skilled nursing’s expense
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 07, 2021
The home care workforce has grown significantly in most states over the last 12 years, but not necessarily at the expense of nursing homes, a new study finds.
Telehealth, technology providers and insurers offer range of services in wake of coronavirus
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 10, 2020
As the novel coronavirus spread to at least 35 states this week, healthcare vendors and insurers scrambled to help skilled nursing providers prepare for a battle against potentially fatal respiratory infections. ...
Symphony Post Acute expands network to Michigan
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 10, 2019
The Illinois-based Symphony Post Acute Network has acquired Caretel Inns of Brighton and Caretel Inns of Lakeland, with plans to acquire three more affiliated facilities. Caretel’s holdings cross Michigan;...