With $1B to invest, Ensign Group sets sights on new states
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 27, 2023
The Ensign Group is sitting on more than $1 billion in reserves, with company officials saying Thursday they are eager to continue on a growth trajectory fueled by leadership availability and geographic...
Economic indicators rise, but staffing conditions still keeping SNFs down
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Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Apr 17, 2023
A rash of seemingly positive economic indicators issued in recent days might lead nursing home operators and owners to think the incredible operating and financial pressures of the past 18 months are finally...
Plenty of space and still a ‘tight squeeze’ for new construction in skilled nursing
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2023
Ciena Healthcare, owner and operator of 83 nursing homes in five states, is breaking into the healthcare “resort” category with the opening of a 95,000 square foot, $32 million building in the Detroit...
CMS: Lapses in infection control, vaccine compliance to garner ‘aggressive’ enforcement
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 04, 2023
Federal regulators have quietly put in place new, stricter enforcement measures for nursing homes that struggle to meet infection control and vaccine immunization requirements for residents and staff.
CMS outlines 4-pronged minimum staffing study
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 23, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday revealed more details about how it will use nursing home site visits, data and other tools to formulate a minimum staffing standard, one that is meant...
Investing in staff inclusion to rebuild: North American’s Michael Moore
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Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2023
After being stripped of leases for 24 facilities in partnership with Sabra, North American Health Services is regrouping around a dozen core operations and returning to its quality roots to fuel a potential...
Respiratory therapy, other coded services creating software snags under new MDS
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 17, 2023
More than two weeks into dealing with a large-scale update to the Minimum Data Set, providers continue to grapple with a range of coding concerns, including an inability of some software systems to capture...
Contracts that limit time that employees have to sue come under fire
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 30, 2024
A state appeals court has rejected a plea from several former nursing home workers to reopen a discrimination case against their employer. But in doing so, it may have increased pressure on Michigan’s...
In McKnight’s 2023 Mood of the Market, nursing home managers warn to pay up, be flexible to stem...
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
The staffing crisis in long-term care is showing signs of easing, but many building leaders still want higher pay and more flexibility in exchange for the extra work they’re putting in, according to...
The ‘chameleon’ effect: How major nursing home players are transforming for scale
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 16, 2024
Providers looking to scale their skilled nursing businesses face an uphill battle in an economic and regulatory environment that is chewing up even some of the sector’s best-known operators.