BREAKING: U.S. nursing home system ‘ineffective,’ ‘unsustainable,’ National Academies...
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 06, 2022
A long-awaited national report has found that the way the United States finances, delivers and regulates nursing home care is ineffective and unstable. Immediate action is needed to bring meaningful changes...
Closure plans filed for one-fourth of unique specialty care provider’s facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 05, 2022
After months of “sounding the alarm,” Pennsylvania’s long-term care industry will be losing one of just four facilities that provide specialized care. Officials have filed closure plans with the...
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...
Kansas losing $350,000 for not enforcing healthcare worker vaccine mandate
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 31, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is cutting Kansas’ Medicaid funding by nearly $350,000 for not enforcing the federal healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate in nursing homes and hospitals.
Parkinson offers ‘obvious solution’ to staffing problems, occupancy outlook and financing answers
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 30, 2022
Two “critically important” issues will determine long-term care providers’ near-term fate over the next month and a half, the nation’s top nursing home leader said Tuesday.
Minimum staffing measure would cost $530,000 more per nursing home: study
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 30, 2022
The implementation of a federal minimum staffing standard for nursing homes would not be economically feasible for providers under current reimbursement rates, newly released research shows.
Sloan: Unthinkable for feds and states to not increase nursing home funding
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As members gathered Monday to prepare for in-person and virtual meetings with lawmakers here this week, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan shared her disappointment that...
HHS releasing another $413 million in Provider Relief Funds
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 23, 2022
Nursing homes waiting for COVID-19 relief payments now have another opportunity to receive them after the federal government announced it would distribute another $413 million from the Provider Relief...
Medicaid continues shift away from SNF care
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 08, 2022
Medicaid spending on home-and-community based services out-gained spending on institutional care, like nursing homes, for a seventh year in a row, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
‘Much worse than expected’: Nursing home margins projected to hit negative 4.8%
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 03, 2022
More than 400,000 nursing home residents now in financially at-risk facilities could be facing displacement, according to a new industry report that has found “significant risks associated with the sector.”...