Devastating and Crippling: CMS Receives Thousands of Comments, Nursing Home Operators Push Back on Medicare Cut

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) needs to seriously consider what a reduction in skilled nursing reimbursement could mean for facilities that are already barely hanging on. At least that’s what providers have indicated in published comments submitted to the agency over the last month and a half. In total, CMS received approximately […]

Altercare Enters Agreement to Operate Six Ohio SNFs

Altercare Integrated Health Services, which operates 21 nursing care and rehabilitation centers in Michigan and Ohio, entered an agreement to acquire the operations of six centers in Ohio that are managed by Greystone Healthcare Management. Two remaining facilities are expected to follow in the next several months. Based in Tampa, Fla., Greystone Healthcare Management manages […]