First facility assessment deadline leaves gaping questions about surveyor intent
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 12, 2024
After three months of preparation, skilled nursing providers across the country were required late last week to complete their first enhanced facility assessment.
Maintaining staff latest target in nursing home change of ownership evolution
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 12, 2024
A new law in Illinois requires nursing homes to submit change of ownership plans that clearly delineate how the buyer will ensure consistent staffing throughout the transition.
Amid ‘overwhelming’ data choices, too many high-performing nursing homes still miss out on referrals:...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 11, 2024
Skilled nursing facilities earning the highest rates under the Patient Driven Payment Model aren’t necessarily bringing in the most referrals, a new analysis finds.
COVID on the rise in nursing homes along with vaccine reluctance and mistrust
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 11, 2024
COVID cases are on the rise again in nursing homes, and the largest nonprofit provider advocacy is asking the White House to create and stick to an annual vaccination schedule to help combat vaccine fatigue...
Resident advocates aim to protect voting rights in nursing homes ahead of contentious election
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 08, 2024
With just three months left before Election Day, patient advocates are pushing long-term care facilities to make sure their residents are both registered to vote and able to cast their ballots.
New clinical trial studying expanded skilled nursing care in the home
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 08, 2024
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial will investigate the feasibility of providing post-acute skilled nursing facility care to patients in their home as a way to help alleviate the skilled nursing crisis...
Internal investigative documents used to help providers learn from errors and accidents can’t be held back from trial attorneys if they’re also used for other purposes, New Jersey’s top court ruled...
Alleged immigrant labor law violations: Nursing home company seeks dismissal of class-action suit
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 07, 2024
A national nursing home company is seeking dismissal of a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company and its staffing recruiter violated US labor laws in the recruitment of immigrant nurses.
While overall survey frequency improved, feds find widespread lag persists on follow-up inspections
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2024
Twenty states reduced their recertification survey backlog by at least 50% in 2023, but the latest data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services underscores persistent problems with untimely follow-up...
Some providers ‘hurting terribly’ as CMS schizophrenia audit penalties drag on
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 06, 2024
A year and a half after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began auditing thousands of nursing homes for inappropriate schizophrenia diagnoses, providers are raising concerns that the quality...