Providers embrace worker-first scheduling, flexibilities to attract, keep workers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2023
More than ever before, providers must personalize scheduling and build programs that speak to individual employees to attract the next generation of workers, skilled nursing and senior living leaders emphasized...
60 seconds with … Kathleen T. Unroe
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2023
Tell us about the goal of your recent study of models that might reduce rehospitalizations and improve nursing home care.
Florida-based Avante Group to sell nearly half its nursing homes in two-state deal with Sentosa Care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 20, 2018
The Avante Group is planning to exit the North Carolina market and reduce its presence in Virginia, having reached a deal with New York-based Sentosa Care LLC for 10 skilled nursing facilities.
Admissions halted at nursing home that removed patient for smoking
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 11, 2018
A Tennessee nursing home that reportedly moved a resident into a hotel when he refused to stop smoking — despite a strict no-smoking policy — has had its admissions suspended by state officials.
BREAKING: Good Samaritan Society to exit 15 states, trim capacity by 30 percent
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2023
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of skilled nursing beds, plans to exit 15 states and reduce its patient and resident count by roughly 30% as it consolidates...
Nursing homes will be required to report more details about their ownership structure and type under a final rule issued today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service.
IntelyCare raises $45M to address nationwide LTC workforce issues
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 10, 2020
IntelyCare, a leading intelligent workforce management solution for post-acute facilities, has completed the largest venture round in the nursing technology space, raising $45M in new equity and debt financing...
Out in front: Program puts residents back in the bike seat
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Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2019
Residents at a Wisconsin nursing home got a long-awaited taste of spring, perched in the front seat of a trishaw as a pilot pedaled them around the grounds.
Experts criticize prevalence of costly operations in final year of life, tout decision-aids to reduce...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2018
Decision aids being developed by many hospitals and health systems may help seniors choose not to have costly, invasive procedures that have been common in their final years.
OIG: Medicare needs to do more to prevent fraud and waste related to chiropractic care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 20, 2018
Previous controls have not done enough to reduce fraud and waste in connection to chiropractic care for Medicare patients, according to a review issued by a federal watchdog Friday.