Private investment crucial to achieve capital improvements at SNFs: legal expert
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 07, 2022
The federal government needs a better understanding of private investment in nursing homes and the role it plays in capital and quality improvements, a leading legal expert says. This is especially true...
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Nov 23, 2020
CDC’s latest update to LTC COVID-19 module on NHSN site aims to improve data collection efforts … State lawmakers question COVID testing frequency at nursing homes … State fines SNF nearly $100K...
Nursing home oversight bill expected by the end of the year
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 11, 2019
Nursing home operators could be subject to tougher surveys and more scrutiny as lawmakers prepare to present legislation that targets nursing home oversight.
CMS should ensure quality measures actually match strategic objectives, OIG report asserts
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 23, 2019
A federal watchdog wants the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to get better at ensuring its quality measures actually match its strategic objectives aimed at improving care quality and reducing...
States must rethink nursing home financing to drive transition to managed care: report
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 04, 2022
States must change the way they pay for nursing home services as they transition to managed care, and luckily they have multiple options to do so, according to a new report released Friday by Advancing...
CMS missing opportunities to enforce staffing rules, watchdog warns
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 12, 2021
A watchdog agency is calling for a greater emphasis on staffing ratios during future nursing home surveys, saying the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is missing opportunities to use information...
Residents’ personalized effort puts $37,000 in their caregivers’ pockets
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2021
A resident-led resale shop at a Wisconsin senior living community has raised more than $37,000 in scholarship funding for staff members at the facility.
BREAKING: HHS awards nursing homes $523M in COVID-19 performance payments
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 07, 2020
Federal authorities announced Monday that it will be distributing $523 million in the second round of performance payments. More than 9,000 nursing homes that have successfully reduced COVID-19-related...
PPE shortages make for a ‘perfect storm’
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued expansive guidance on the best ways to conserve personal protection equipment, such as gowns and masks, as supply shortages became a massive concern...
72 SNFs safely evacuated
Oct 18, 2019
FLORIDA —The state of Florida evacuated 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in late August in an effort to keep residents safe from Hurricane Dorian. Just four of the long-term care...