Nursing home company settles ‘largest ever’ case with state AG’s office for $4 million
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 10, 2024
An operator of 16 long-term care facilities has settled a staffing case with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office for a total of $4 million. The agreement is the most expensive ever reached with...
CMS sends update on $75M nursing home recruitment campaign, but providers’ concerns linger
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 13, 2024
CMS’ admitted lack of a plan thus far for the $75 million it intends to use to spur development of more nursing home workers is further puncturing providers’ hopes for helpful change.
Under strike threat, nursing homes still awaiting $67 million in promised staffing grants
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 25, 2023
A December deadline to begin distributing $67 million from the state of Michigan to nursing homes came and went with zero dollars going to providers.
Census and revenue rebound to take care facility off financial hot seat
By
Joe Bush
Oct 13, 2022
As providers around the country scramble to find enough staff, enhance revenues and ramp back up to original capacity, they might find a good example in a Michigan county-owned facility that used operational...
Exploitation concerns persist as push for immigrant workers grows
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 13, 2023
Immigrant nurses are already a key demographic in long-term care, and are likely to become more vital in the future. But allegations of coercive labor practices by some providers and staffing agencies...
Layering of fines amid state, federal staffing rule conflicts tops providers’ worry list
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2024
Providers in states that have recently increased their own nursing home staffing requirements may soon find themselves playing a complicated penalties and numbers game — and buried in additional paperwork.
The hypocrisy of staffing mandates
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 19, 2023
Absorbed as you probably are in fighting through the long-term care staffing crisis while parrying a CMS mandate, I wouldn’t blame you for not noticing. But at airports across America, big planes are...
Shuttered nursing home avoids class action in understaffing lawsuit
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 25, 2023
While sympathetic to nursing home residents’ claims that they received “deficient” care, a federal judge has ruled their case cannot be certified as a class action because claims and damages related...
A four-day workweek? Why stop there?
By
John O'Connor
Jun 19, 2023
What are the three biggest challenges facing long-term care? To borrow a familiar punch line from the real estate sector, they are staffing, staffing and staffing.
CNAs: The forgotten soldiers in the war against COVID-19
By
John Booker
Oct 03, 2022
It’s never been more important to listen to your frontline workers in emergencies. Managers need to trust them when they offer advice or concerns, and supervisors need to know what their staff...