The skilled industry industry may be at an ‘inflection point’ when it comes to adopting novel technologies, new payment frameworks and evolving care models amid challenges facing the sector. But a hopeful picture is emerging for operators seeking to improve clinical care, and some of it depends on how they innovate and fund the changes. […]
Margins squeezed by interest rates and inflation, staffing shortages amid a draconian staffing mandate proposal, an invasion of Medicare Advantage and mixed efforts at adapting to Minimum Data Set (MDS) changes are among a litany of the challenges facing the skilled nursing sector at the start of 2024. However, all is not doom and gloom […]
As CEO of Atlanta-based nonprofit A.G. Rhodes and LeadingAge board member, Deke Cateau knows that well-intentioned policies sometimes simply don’t work in the real world – and can even wreak havoc for nursing homes. “If we have individuals … making critical changes to an industry that they do not understand, it’s dangerous. It would be […]
More than two months after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its minimum staffing proposal for the skilled nursing industry, commentary from stakeholders came to a close Monday with a staggering 40,000-plus comments received. Reviewing the hefty load of comments on the proposal may take as long as a year, according to […]
The high renovation costs associated with adopting new rules for room occupancy limits are forcing some operators to close their doors, as was recently the case with Northeast Health Group in Massachusetts. Many of these vulnerable facilities, built in the 1960s and 1970s and designed for three to four residents per room, are already in […]
In spite of current trends suggesting a skilled nursing ownership shakeup, particularly an uptick in nonprofit operators either closing completely or selling to for-profit operators, one leader in the space has a differing view on their role in the sector. Georgia-based nonprofit A.G. Rhodes CEO Deke Cateau thinks that amid all of this change coming […]
Facing skyrocketing agency rates, long-term care providers have taken it upon themselves to launch in-house agency services to meet an increasing demand for flexibility among a dwindling number of staff. Operators market the business line as the “best of both worlds,” Eileen Caffey told Skilled Nursing News – additional pay, experience in different care settings […]
Georgia nursing home provider A.G. Rhodes will make private rooms a requirement for future builds at its three campuses, a plan 10 years in the making and further propelled by the pandemic. Just this month, the nonprofit operator announced a $35 million plan to transform its Marietta campus to include private rooms through new construction […]
Georgia-based operators PruittHealth, Community Health Services of Georgia (CHSGa) and A.G. Rhodes on Monday announced all employees across the three companies will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine as a term of employment. Low vaccination rates are the “primary reason” behind the continued spread of COVID-19, the companies said in a statement; medical and […]
Nursing home and senior living providers in the not-for-profit sector are facing significant strains from the surge in COVID-19 nationwide. Leading into the Thanksgiving holiday, operators are pleading with those in the community to refrain from gathering amid challenges both operational and financial. “Nursing homes really are at the brink,” Deke Cateau, the CEO of […]
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