MedPAC’s call for 5 percent SNF pay cut ‘outdated and obsolete’
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 17, 2022
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s recommendation to cut base pay by 5% for skilled nursing facilities in 2023, doesn’t reflect the current state of the skilled nursing industry, according...
Feds to deliver ‘positive news’ on Provider Relief Fund in coming days: Parkinson
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 10, 2021
Nursing homes and other long-term care providers could soon have access to the remaining money in the federal government’s coronavirus Provider Relief Fund, according to the leader of the American Health...
Providers press CMS on COVID-19 vaccination for surveyors
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 16, 2021
Updated nursing home COVID-19 visitation guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was widely welcomed by long-term care providers Monday, but stakeholders are still seeking more...
Parkinson: Vaccinate all long-term care by March and slash coronavirus mortality 40 percent
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2020
A one-month delay “could result in more than 20,000 of our residents losing their lives when a vaccine could have saved them,” AHCA / NCAL leader Mark Parkinson said Monday.
Parkinson: Maintain SNF vaccinations to cut COVID death rate ‘dramatically’
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 15, 2021
The leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association is hopeful COVID-19 vaccinations of all U.S. nursing home residents will be complete by the March 1 target date it set for states last month.
Profile: Respecting his elders
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Michael D. Gore made great strides professionally this spring, but it also was a season of sadness for the rising long-term care leader. His grandmother died at the age of 87 after spending her last weeks...
Profile: AHCA’s money player
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 01, 2014
If there’s a prevailing theme around the hours American Health Care Association senior fellow Elise Smith keeps, it’s that they are constant.