Money woes keep mounting for troubled Skyline chain
By
Marty Stempniak
Jun 06, 2019
Five Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities run by embattled Skyline Healthcare closed in May, as the operator faced ongoing inability to pay bills. The state’s Department of Public Health revealed...
SNF nurses, residents circulating petitions to prevent Skyline closures
By
Marty Stempniak
May 01, 2019
Five Skyline Healthcare nursing facilities in Massachusetts were officially ordered into receivership Monday and are set to close this month, but staffers and their patients are fighting back.
‘It’s an absolute nightmare’ — Skyline surrenders licenses as nursing facilities will now close
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 26, 2019
Several Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities run by embattled Skyline Healthcare are closing, days after they were placed into receivership.
Also in the News for Friday, Nov. 2
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 02, 2018
Researchers give tips to treat and prevent C. diff in long-term care facilities … Geriatrics experts define ‘healthy aging’ … Health department ordered to release records from Skyline Healthcare...
More Skyline nursing homes fall into financial disrepair
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 25, 2019
Five Massachusetts nursing homes owned by troubled operator Skyline Healthcare appear to be in financial disarray, with employees and vendors left unpaid.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 23
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 23, 2019
4 Skyline nursing homes in receivership now face closure … Experts worry that readmission-prevention programs may be keeping seniors from receiving necessary hospital services … SNFs may increase cost...
Also in the News for Monday, May 13
By
Marty Stempniak
May 13, 2019
Landlord LTC Properties says it’s looking to sell Preferred Care nursing facilities … Former nursing home owner must pay back almost $3.5M to IRS, banks; gets prison time … Who’s hiring? 450 nursing...
Also in the News for Tuesday, May 7
By
Marty Stempniak
May 07, 2019
New toolkit teaches providers how to create intergenerational programming … ‘Staff out there crying’: Skyline closures begin in Massachusetts … Nursing home killers suffocated up to a dozen patients,...
‘Chronic underfunding of long-term care is coming home to roost’ in South Dakota
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 17, 2018
An unprecedented wave of nursing home closures is hitting South Dakota, fueled by what advocates say is “chronic underfunding” of Medicaid.
State says it plans to crack down on nursing home operators with shaky finances
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 24, 2019
Kansas is forcing nursing homes to provide more details about their finances in a bid to prevent operators from falling into insolvency.