With increased attention on the distribution of the various COVID-19 vaccines, skilled nursing providers must be sure to remain vigilant on another crucial area of safety in 2021: COVID-19 testing. Even as vaccinations among SNF staff and residents are largely completed, SNFs must have a thorough and ongoing testing system to continue to identify new […]
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Skilled nursing facilities may have already seen the bottom of the industry’s historic COVID-19-driven occupancy drop, allowing operators to turn their attention in the months ahead to the next key challenge: financial recovery. Operators must recoup the financial losses associated with COVID-19, offset increased costs and successfully address the reality of vast staff burnout. One […]
A picture is becoming all too common with the renewed rise in COVID cases in SNFs and other senior care facilities: a staff member at your SNF tests positive for COVID-19, thus triggering the facility’s testing protocols including immediate contact tracing. This is a time-intensive process, leading to increased testing and anxiety among residents and […]
Indoor air quality has always mattered in SNFs, but never has it mattered more — nor been more deeply considered by agency leaders — than during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ability for a SNF to manage indoor air quality, and to do so with an automated system, is crucial in today’s new normal of skilled […]
The primary function of wound care dressings is to improve the speed and quality of healing wounds, such as pressure injuries, skin tears, avulsions, abrasions, bruises and burns. Other important functions include reducing pain and suffering, decreasing the anxiety of both patient and caregiver and maintaining or improving the quality of peripheral skin. A breathable, […]
There are two halves to the term “incontinence care,” and no one does a better job at enabling seniors with incontinence to focus on the second half of the term, rather than the first, than skilled nursing providers. The care that skilled nursing facilities (SNF) provide to seniors in this delicate area is deeply important, […]
Aging Media Network, the parent company of Skilled Nursing News, for the first time will highlight the very best in marketing, advertising, and public relations in the world of post-acute and long-term care. Communication with referral sources, regulators, payers, vendors, and the public has never been more critical than over the past year, as stakeholders […]
Medicare patients transitioning to home from hospitals or skilled nursing facilities are at a high risk for readmission, and while part of that risk is physical, it is also educational. Upon discharge, seniors are often adrift. They don’t necessarily know their own health needs, nor do they fully understand the next steps that promote care […]
While COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on all health care providers, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) face a more urgent need due to the impact that the novel virus has on the elderly and vulnerable. While providers have faced challenges in infection control, protective equipment and staffing levels, what hasn’t changed is the need to attend […]
A REIT is a REIT is a REIT, right? Not exactly. California-based LTC is a health care REIT [real estate investment trust] of about $2 billion investing in about 180 health care properties, half of which are skilled nursing facilities (SNF). And while new co-presidents Clint Malin and Pam Kessler plan to continue the REIT’s […]
In the second quarter of 2020, Form 941 underwent the biggest overhaul it has seen in the past 30 years of payroll history. Employers file the form quarterly to report income taxes, Social Security tax or Medicare tax that is withheld from employee paychecks, and to pay the employer’s portion of social security and Medicare […]
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. To see this year’s future leaders, visit Future Leaders online. Justin DiRezze, CEO at Theoria Medical x […]
This article is sponsored by LTC. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with LTC Chief Investment Officer — and new co-president — Clint Malin to learn about how LTC became a unique real estate investment trust (REIT) in skilled nursing, why the REIT is focused on shorter duration investments right now and […]
This article is sponsored by SRX. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with SRX founder and COO of Synergy Healthcare Alliance (HCA) Yosef Daskal to learn how managing pharmacy spend is key during COVID-19, how the right technology can help skilled nursing facility (SNF) operators capture millions of dollars in rebates, and […]
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of care delivery across the senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice industries. To see this year’s future leaders, visit Future Leaders online. Christa Kelly, vice […]
This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with PointClickCare Vice President and General Manager of Skilled Nursing Russ DePriest to learn why he views the response of skilled nursing facilities (SNF) to COVID-19 “superhuman,” the biggest challenge SNFs are facing during the pandemic, and the most important […]
When the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) took effect October 1, 2019, therapists wondered if their days were numbered — or at least limited. The decoupling of therapy minutes and Medicare reimbursements seemed to suggest that therapy utilization might greatly decrease in 2020. But the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have created a new urgency around […]
This article is sponsored by Tapestry Health. In this Voices interview, Skilled Nursing News sits down with Tapestry Health Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Mordy Eisenberg to learn about why he believes the term “telemedicine” is often misused, how Tapestry Health has helped reduce re-hospitalizations and mortality rates at skilled nursing facilities (SNF), and why […]
For nearly three months now, skilled nursing residents have been on lockdown. On March 13, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance banning all non-essential visits to the nation’s more than 15,000 nursing homes in efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19. This is a sorely needed protection for this most vulnerable of […]
As Dr. Suresh Nellore, an infectious disease specialist, looked at the skilled nursing facility (SNF) landscape in this new age of COVID-19, he saw a pair of old problems with new, deeper challenges: rehospitalization risk and timeliness of reimbursements. Specifically, Nellore saw a large, unmet need at SNFs and in long-term care facilities, where acuity […]