Nursing home telehealth ‘cliff’ avoided with pay rule adjustments
By
Joe Bush
Nov 03, 2022
Nursing home residents and their distant physicians got good telehealth news in the 2023 Physician Pay Rule issued Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
‘Impetus’ ignored: LeadingAge CEO calls on Congress, White House to act on broader threats...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2023
Federal lawmakers have so far failed to seize on a critical change that could shore up the aging services sector and improve access to care for the nation’s aging population, the top advocate for nonprofit...
OIG to audit CMS oversight of state-contracted nursing home surveyors
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 23, 2024
A top federal watchdog will audit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ nursing home survey practices in 2024, according to a new report.
Robust ownership data could drive healthier nursing home deals: study author
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2023
Greater insight into potential buyers is just one possible benefit of proposed rules that would make publicly available more information about private equity and real estate investment trust ownership...
Updated: 22 states petition CMS to repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2022
A coalition of 22 states led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R), today formally called on the Biden administration to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nursing home and other healthcare...
Vision Centre accelerates LTC leadership, begins promoting resources
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 07, 2022
The group that has charged itself with creating a more complete vision for long-term care leadership development is enacting a more complete vision for itself this month and next.
‘God chose me for a reason’ — an LTC leader’s courage in facing cancer, global pandemic
By
Jennifer Jasper
Jul 27, 2022
I have been a licensed nursing home administrator since 2004, now in two states. I moved to the great state of North Carolina in 2019 and began practicing at a Principle LTC facility, Piney Grove Nursing...
New York providers beg for rate increase, while lawmakers look ready to add millions to oversight program
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2023
Nursing home operators in New York are pressing hard to win a significant Medicaid rate increase for 2024, while at the same time, state lawmakers are moving closer to adding more oversight funding.
How to design to appeal to residents and staff
By
John Hall
Dec 05, 2022
Fanciful touches may have had their day in some designers’ eyes at some point, but most designers now recommend spaces that place function over form.
Flu activity slowing worldwide as professor debunks sickness advice
By
Kristen Fischer
Jan 29, 2024
Flu prevalence still is going up in some countries in the Northern Hemisphere, but overall, it is declining, according to a new report. The news comes as another recent study examined the advice of eating...