‘Perfect storm’ of pandemic challenges forces another facility closure
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 07, 2022
A Colorado nursing home will close its doors at the end of this month due to a “perfect storm” of pandemic-related financial challenges for the provider.
Iowa’s making legislative remedies but nursing homes keep closing
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 10, 2023
Iowa has increased its Medicaid rate, put millions of dollars into workforce development, approved tort reform, and enacted a moratorium on new nursing home licenses, but the state continues to lose nursing...
LTCH closures send more patients to nursing homes, but are they ready?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 22, 2023
Shifting payment policies have decreased Medicare spending on patients requiring mechanical ventilation, but they also have led to the closure of many long-term care hospitals and have driven more patients...
Provider accused of violating state rules as it shutters 4 SNFs
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 13, 2023
A pair of citizen advocacy groups want the state of Massachusetts to take over half of the nursing homes on the western side of the state slated for closure to avert what they call a chaotic transfer process.
New state staffing mandate the last straw for 137-year-old rural nursing home
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 17, 2023
After providing care in three different centuries, Lutheran Home and Rehabilitation Center is closing its doors due to regulatory and funding pressures.
CMS: Official 2022 closures fell far below industry projection
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 02, 2023
New federal numbers show that 135 nursing homes closed in 2022, significantly fewer than what was projected by the sector’s largest advocacy group.
Long-term care providers clamor for innovation to avert closing shop
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2024
Among struggling nursing homes, the share of facilities closing jumped significantly during the main pandemic years, even as the percent selling to for-profit organizations declined.
Facing stagnant Medicaid rates, this state has lost 10 percent of SNF beds in 2022
By
John Hall
Aug 04, 2022
The loss of seven nursing homes in a short period of time has set healthcare officials in Montana reeling, even as the state is trying to regain its footing following the brunt of the COVID pandemic.
Three Maine nursing homes to close for good after ‘exhausting every staffing resource’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 03, 2021
Three rural Maine nursing homes announced their pending closures this week, all of them citing staffing challenges and the ongoing pandemic.
State’s 52nd nursing home shutdown extends staggering loss of nursing home beds
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 13, 2023
Kansas hit a dubious milestone recently with the 52nd nursing home either shutting down entirely or taking beds offline since the beginning of the pandemic.