CMS stresses it wants more stakeholder views on nursing homes staffing shortages
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 27, 2022
The leader of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday challenged providers to give more insight on the workforce crises they are dealing with as the agency prepares to set minimum staffing...
May Company Briefs
May 01, 2020
Prodded by the COVID-19 pandemic, Relias released a new feature allowing clients to host live training online.
Staff members at a California skilled nursing facility “did all the right things” after they were given just minutes to evacuate due to a threatening wildfire.
Skilled nursing and assisted living may get stronger abuse-reporting requirements
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 19, 2019
Never wanting to follow too closely in skilled nursing’s regulatory footsteps, assisted living professionals soon may not have a choice when it comes to elder-abuse reporting.
Providers face up to $15 million in fines over state vaccine mandate
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 01, 2021
The state of Connecticut has fined 26 long-term care facilities a combined $221,000 for not complying with its COVID-19 mandate — and could collect a total of $15 million in penalties if providers don’t...
Lab’s COVID testing errors ‘sowed fear,’ cost operators tens of thousands of dollars
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 08, 2020
Some nursing home operators were forced to spend tens of thousands of dollars and face staffing shortages following testing errors by a Massachusetts laboratory.
Providers target ‘bottleneck’ in hiring of foreign RNs, therapists
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
Long-term care providers are calling on the Department of Labor to improve the process it uses to determine prevailing wages for foreign physical therapists and registered nurses as a way to ease the ongoing...
SNF operating margins in the red without emergency aid
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 19, 2022
The median operating margin for skilled nursing facilities in 2020 was 1.5% lower when compared to the previous year and COVID-19 relief funding was removed, according to a new report released by CliftonLarsonAllen...
Miscalculations at root of $73K in unpaid back wages, operator says
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 16, 2021
Errors calculating pandemic-related bonuses and incentives are the reason a Maryland-based operator has been ordered to pay more than $73,000 in back wages, the company said Friday.
The long-term care industry is more than three-fourths toward its goal of getting 75% of staff vaccinated against COVID-19. Industry leaders say they remain committed to reaching the target rate, even...