In the wake of Indiana’s transition to managed care for Medicaid services on July 1st, nursing home operators across the state are grappling with significant financial uncertainties due to delayed reimbursements, leaving many small facilities struggling to make payroll for their employees. Jeff Huffman, chief operations officer of The Strategies, a family-owned long-term care organization […]
As the federal government’s new staffing mandate looms large for nursing homes, operators are grappling with challenges in meeting the upcoming facility assessment requirements but urge compliance despite the burdens on staff. Stuart Almer, an industry veteran who is also president and CEO of Gurwin Healthcare System in New York, highlighted the daunting nature of […]
Financial and operational challenges in a climate of ever-tightening regulation have intensified to the point where industry leaders have been continuously adapting, yet bleeding profits. In a panel discussion led by Skilled Nursing News titled, “Mandate and Margin: Skilled Nursing CEOs on Rethinking Staffing, Payments, & Strategic Business Imperatives,” executives discussed how SNF operators are […]
The 20-year-old alleged shooter involved in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life was a dietary aide at a Pennsylvania nursing home, with a clean background check, and worked well with colleagues. Crooks, who recently graduated with an associate degree in engineering science from the Community College of Allegheny County, had worked at […]
Nursing home advocacy groups and congressional insiders are reportedly exploring the reversal of President Biden’s nursing home staffing rule as a potential budgetary maneuver, according to news reports. Axios is reporting that there are currently discussions taking place on Capitol Hill regarding reversing the staffing rule in order to help pay for “a year-end health […]
Five states have enacted some of the nation’s toughest minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, and yet gaps in actual care persist, a new analysis released Friday reveals, raising questions about whether the federal staffing rule will in the end be able to achieve its intended goal. The analysis by KFF Health News, focuses on […]
Petersen Health Care’s sale of the majority of its properties to Cascade Capital Partners, a Skokie, Ill.-based real estate investment firm, was approved by a federal bankruptcy court on Wednesday. The sale allows Petersen Health Care to move forward with a significant reorganization following its bankruptcy filing in March, enabling it to stabilize its financial […]
Specialized clinical programs at nursing homes, tailored to specific patient populations, are gaining popularity. Their success and longevity depend on forging close partnerships with local hospitals to address gaps in care – a feature that is also expected to alleviate backlogs at hospitals. In creating strong clinical programs at SNFs, hospitals – can and do […]
Troubled nursing home chain Petersen Health Care is close to completing the sale of a substantial portion of its facilities, pending court approval. All but five facilities of the Illinois-based nursing home chain, which filed for bankruptcy in late March, may be sold through Petersen Acquisitions LLC, a Delaware-based limited liability company, and were put […]
The Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition received a $1.69 million grant to support nursing home staff and improve resident quality of life. The funds were provided by The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF). In a press release issued Monday, the Coalition said that over the next three years, it plans to use the funds […]
‘The Safe Discharge’: Challenges Behind Balancing Care and Cost in Value-Based Care at Nursing Homes
Reimbursement issues at nursing homes are pushing operators to adapt their payment models to increase reliance on Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). But while these models aim to enhance care quality even as they control costs, they also bring on unique challenges, including requiring extra oversight with discharges and related […]
A skilled nursing facility located in Longview, Texas, was sold to an owner-operator of several skilled nursing facilities in Texas. Offering 108 beds, the community is approximately 24,653 square feet and sits on 3 acres of land. The community is enrolled in QIPP. The seller is a Texas-based partnership, which was selling its only skilled […]
The new facility assessment requirements that federal agencies are expecting will guide decisions on staffing levels are also garnering concerns about potential administrative and financial burdens, particularly for smaller-sized nursing home chains. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) modified the existing requirements in late June, issuing expanded guidance to include metrics that are […]
Democratic lawmakers Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Jan Schakowsky are criticizing the nursing home sector’s main trade associations for their opposition to the federal government’s minimum staffing mandate, calling their role an attempt to “sabotage” improvements in care. The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) and LeadingAge, representing thousands of […]
A severe ongoing shortage of inspectors has led to New York City nursing homes facing significant survey delays, reflecting a trend in the larger state and a wider nationwide crisis. As of June, about 73% of federally designated nursing facilities in the five boroughs of New York had not been inspected within the required 15-month […]
CIBC Bank provided an $85 million acquisition financing term loan and a $2 million working capital revolving line of credit for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Wisconsin. Historical performance trended positively over the last year as the facilities improved census and operating leverage, CIBC said in a press release. Going forward, occupancy and […]
In anticipation of the fall flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is revising its guidelines for the RSV vaccine and recommending that older adults in nursing homes receive the vaccine. The recommendations issued Wednesday, strongly advises that adults aged 75 and older adults receive the RSV vaccine. Meanwhile, adults aged 60 […]
Over 50 lawmakers from both chambers of Congress are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to increase scrutiny and regulation of artificial intelligence tools used by Medicare Advantage plans. In a letter addressed to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the legislators expressed deep concerns over the use of AI algorithms by MA plans […]
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is lending its voice to the fight against the minimum staffing mandate, and joining hands with nursing home organizations as well as a coalition of lawmakers to overturn the federal government’s rule. By sending a letter to lawmakers Monday, AHA boosted the bipartisan bid to halt the staffing mandate through […]
The crisis involving patients languishing at hospitals awaiting discharge into appropriate post-acute care settings has shown little signs of abating. The root causes of these discharge delays are manifold, but chief among them are workforce shortages at nursing homes. According to experts at a webinar hosted by ATI, the discharge crisis is amplified by a […]
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