As nursing homes closures continue across the country, “nursing home deserts” are expanding, and the proposed federal staffing mandate is expected to exacerbate the problem. This is despite attempts to make the potential policy change easier for providers in rural markets, which are especially vulnerable to access issues. Operators in these areas point to the […]
Accura HealthCare
Despite good occupancy levels, low reimbursements amid high inflation pushed Accura Healthcare into survival mode over the last year or so, according to CEO Ted LeNeave. And successfully navigating through tough times had Accura leaning on strong partnerships — with vendors, lenders, landlords and even employees, LeNeave told Skilled Nursing News. Emerging out of this […]
This year, Skilled Nursing News held a magnifying glass to various roles within the nursing home as the sector continues to evolve – and receive mandated change from federal and state entities. All the while, skilled nursing staff shortages fuel a reshaping of roles to take on more responsibilities and rely more on technology to […]
Doing away with large, multi-layered corporate structures, as some of the largest skilled nursing operators have done in recent months, has given companies both big and small the opportunity to assess — and in some cases — rethink the role of the company’s top executive. Iowa-based Accura HealthCare CEO Ted LeNeave purposely placed himself at […]
It’s hard to pin down how nursing home operators should be feeling as the end of the year approaches. The best way I could describe it, one week after attending the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) conference in Nashville, is a combination of optimism and pessimism that fluctuates depending on the […]
A lot of temporary measures will dry up or disappear when the public health emergency (PHE) comes to an end, but one thing that may become permanent is the Medicaid rate bumps states put in place to alleviate pressures nursing home operators face. At least that’s the hope for industry leaders and advocacy groups. Right […]
When the federal vaccine mandate for health care workers went into effect before the latest court injunctions stopped it in its path, there was a time when Accura HealthCare CEO Ted LeNeave was going to have to lay off 1,000 unvaccinated workers companywide. Balancing what was initially issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
Greystone Provides $24.9 Million HUD Loan for Yonkers Facility Greystone, a real estate lending, investment and advisory company in New York, provided a $24,910,200 permanent loan insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to refinance Adira at Riverside Rehabilitation & Nursing, a skilled nursing facility in Yonkers, New York. The loan carries a […]