Significant Kansas closures reflect broader US nursing home staffing problems
By
Joe Bush
Sep 29, 2022
Recent closings and downsizings of Kansas nursing homes represent a microcosm of major troubles facing nursing homes nationwide.
Providers renew pressure for federal investigation into price-gouging
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 31, 2022
After three months with no public response from the federal government on the issue of price-gouging, the American Health Care Association is again calling on officials to investigate tactics being used...
Nursing homes face ‘sustainability’ challenge after sector loses 7% of nursing hours, despite doubled...
By
Joe Bush
Oct 10, 2022
Median operating margins for skilled nursing facilities dropped in 2021 from 2020 levels — both when factoring with and without public health emergency funding — according to the 37th SNF Cost Comparison...
Even with its own float pool, this provider is flooded with open nursing positions
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 11, 2023
A Pennsylvania nonprofit long-term care provider recently showed its ingenuity by creating an internal staffing agency, or float pool, to cope with staffing shortages and high temporary agency costs. But...
New nurse agency rules include pay-reporting, ease job changes
By
John Hall
Aug 17, 2022
Recent changes to state rules governing nurse agency staffing practices will make it easier for Illinois nursing homes to hire temporary and part-time nurses by addressing some concerns about agency practices,...
Debate over agency rate cap divides nursing factions
By
Joe Bush
Oct 10, 2022
New debate over proposed staffing agency legislation in Kansas shows how the issue can pit nurse advocates and nursing home leaders against each other as they work to address staffing concerns.
Bill to cap agency worker charges and increase oversight grows support
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 05, 2024
A bill to increase regulation over temporary staffing agencies and legally cap what they can charge nursing homes advanced through an Iowa Legislature committee
Price-gouging, poaching and thin patience: LTC providers seek fixes for anti-competitive staffing agencies
By
Kimberly Marselas
James M. Berklan
Oct 15, 2021
As the bidding war over frontline workers escalates, provider organizations across the country are seeking government intervention to force temporary staffing agencies to play by similar rules as nursing...
New study reveals depths of agency nurse dependence
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 16, 2024
Newly published research gives skilled nursing operators all the empirical evidence they need to be worried when gazing at the prospect of a federal staffing mandate being finalized soon.
How bad are the huge pay gaps between agency and full-time staff nurses? This bad
By
Joe Bush
Dec 19, 2022
A state-by-state comparison of pay-rate disparities between agency nurses and their full-time counterparts is feeding the fury that disgruntled long-term care operators and other providers have felt during...