Major hospital group keeps pressure on Congress over nursing home staffing rule … Consumer Voice publishes guide on nursing home retaliation … Fitch predicts ‘deteriorating’ outlook for CCRCs will...
Outlook 2024: On staffing, operators say they’ll ‘find a way’ but agency boom, admission restrictions...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2024
More than half — 55% — of skilled nursing leaders say they would need to hire more agency staff if a proposed federal staffing mandate is enacted. That’s just one finding from the McKnight’s 2024...
‘Bleak’ outlook: Unknowns and impossibilities shrink provider optimism for 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 02, 2024
After rebounding from the pandemic’s darkest days, many skilled nursing administrators and nurse leaders are again feeling less-than-excited about the sector’s future heading into 2024.
Are you a skilled nursing leader? Tell us your outlook for 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 14, 2023
Want to weigh in on the future of the skilled nursing sector and help shape news coverage for the year ahead? The 2024 McKnight’s Annual Outlook survey is now open!
Gripped by uncertainty, skilled nursing providers just keep breathing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2024
Uncertainty may very well be the defining outlook for skilled nursing providers in 2024. At the very least, it was the theme that dominated our annual survey attempting to capture your attitudes heading...
Outlook 2024: ‘Glimmer of hope’ amid financial strain, merger uncertainty
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 09, 2024
Far fewer nursing home owners and administrators see a definite sale or merger in 2024, but that could easily change as financial and operational uncertainty continue to dog the sector’s decision-makers.
Empty beds, untenable staffing needs push the nation’s rural nursing homes closer to the brink
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 08, 2024
Like many of its skilled nursing neighbors in the Cornhusker State, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role with special small-town flourishes and succumbing...
Non-traditional lenders are ready to back nursing homes. Here’s their selection criteria
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 15, 2024
MIAMI — The lending environment will likely heat up over the course of 2024, particularly for skilled nursing providers willing to explore new relationships when unable to tap traditional sources, a...
Rural nursing homes in peril
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 04, 2024
Like many of its skilled nursing neighbors in the Cornhusker State, Good Samaritan Society-Bloomfield is teetering between fulfilling its vital community role with special small-town flourishes and succumbing...