Plenty of space and still a ‘tight squeeze’ for new construction in skilled nursing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2023
Ciena Healthcare, owner and operator of 83 nursing homes in five states, is breaking into the healthcare “resort” category with the opening of a 95,000 square foot, $32 million building in the Detroit...
Skilled nursing leader’s Medicare exclusion upheld after 3 avoidable deaths due to short staffing
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 05, 2023
A federal judge rejected a skilled nursing executive’s appeal to overturn his 15-year exclusion from Medicare, ruling that his staffing decisions were a “straightforward” obstacle to routine checks...
Provider, union creatively team to offset workforce shortages
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 15, 2023
Long-term care’s worker shortages are leading to creative solutions and new partnerships in western New York, where a skilled nursing company is working with its local union and an education cooperative...
Potential staff mandate costs rocket upward when latest wages factored in
By
Joe Bush
Dec 16, 2022
The projected costs of meeting a possible nursing home staffing mandate have skyrocketed by $1.3 billion over the last five months, a report issued Thursday by accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen on behalf...
Outlook for life plan communities’ skilled nursing units ‘deteriorating’, Fitch says
By
Joe Bush
Dec 07, 2022
Ongoing and future challenges could stall recovery of skilled nursing facilities operating as part of life plan communities, which also face broader threats in 2023.
What might the RaDonda Vaught conviction mean for skilled nursing?
Jun 28, 2022
Should workers in skilled nursing be worried about similar scenarios playing out in their sector? With staffing shortages and an increased reliance on technology, attorneys Matt Keris and Drew Graham say...
SNF occupancy growing — and so is level of patient needs
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 06, 2022
Occupancy at skilled nursing facilities has continued its steady increase, and at the same time operators are seeing increased care needs from residents, new data from the National Investment Center for...
Skilled nursing occupancy highest since April 2020
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2022
Demand for skilled nursing is on the rise, as occupancy continues to recover from pandemic lows, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report released by the National Investment Center for...
Guess who’s asking whether to discontinue skilled care?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 24, 2014
The audience member had a question that in previous years would have been found at the corner of Blasphemy and Crazytalk. She wanted to know whether it would be advisable to drop skilled care from her...
Hospitals: Change SNF pay
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
The government should adopt Medicare payment policies that better support hospital-based skilled nursing facilities, the American Hospital Association urged in a recent letter to a top healthcare official.