The number of licensed nursing home beds and facilities has steadily declined in New York, reflecting a broader trend across the country. There have been 24 nursing home closures in the state since 2020, or a loss of more than 3,000 licensed beds, according to a report in the New York Times. As for operators […]
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Nursing home operators have learned a lot from the recent severe winter storms which spanned 24 states and subjected states like Oklahoma to minus 20 degree wind chill temperatures for multiple days. Extreme weather tested the protocols and resilience of operators, and now leaders are urging facilities to test their infrastructure ahead of time to […]
Navigating crumbling Medicaid rates, compliance challenges and slow-to-improve staffing can leave a lot of operators, especially nonprofits, backed into a corner. It can feel impossible for a nonprofit to preserve its mission when faced with either selling to a for-profit organization or closing. However, depending on the presence of other nonprofit care providers nearby, care […]
The GUIDE (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience) model is proving difficult to implement for some providers who initially were excited about it, with one large nursing home provider already exiting the program. An official with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said that lessons learned from early experiences in the program will inform […]
Artificial intelligence and technology are making a difference for skilled nursing operators as they navigate a changing payer landscape. This comes amid the Trump Administration’s greater focus on managed Medicare and the anticipated impact from recent legislative changes. For providers with facilities in multiple states, having technology that can highlight the differences in Medicaid models […]
Achieving financial stability and growth in the current reimbursement environment is no small task for nursing home providers. Three particular challenges relate to value-based purchasing (VBP) program changes, effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and the continued rise of Medicare Advantage, leaders with Ignite Medical Resorts and ArchCare said during a recent […]
The phenomenon of patients trapped in a “rehabbed to death” cycle is all too prevalent, and it could be disrupted by better access to palliative care and earlier admission into hospice, skilled nursing leaders believe. Their observations come following a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The study’s authors proposed that […]
Good Samaritan remains the largest non-profit provider of nursing home care in the United States. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based organization ranks as the largest nonprofit multi-site senior living organization by number of nursing care beds in the annual LZ 200 report, released Wednesday. The report is compiled by specialty investment bank Ziegler and nonprofit […]
Taimur Mirza, Chief Medical Officer at ArchCare, has been named a 2025 Future Leader by Skilled Nursing News. To become a Future Leader, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a high-performing employee who is 40 years-old or younger, a passionate worker who knows how to put vision into action, and […]
For organizations hoping to draw out savings from value-based care, added administrative burdens might be a source of hesitation. However, some operators are successfully turning to technology offerings that maximize reimbursement, pinpoint essential data, and include platforms already used by referral partners and managed care organizations (MAOs). AI programs can help “tease out” some of […]
The economic and operational climate continues to favor big players and industry consolidation this year. As a result, top providers to watch in 2025 are those chains planning to tap into scale for efficiencies, as well as those leveraging technology and value-based care to thrive. It’s worth noting that operational pressures, including a shortage of […]
The future of value-based care programs will likely focus on greater integration of care, as nursing homes and other providers in the health care continuum discover the benefits of more thoughtful discharges – less focused on swiftness and more on moving patients through a continuum of care – in order to close costly gaps in […]
Staffing shortages and increased acuity of patients are playing a big role in referral placement, along with preferences and prerequisites of referral sources. This is causing nursing homes and hospitals in high-demand areas to get creative with in-house offerings and hospital partnerships, as they are still experiencing bottlenecks in the referral process. At the same […]
Following the tough lessons learned during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home operators are finding ways to ensure they are never caught off guard again. Improving nursing home preparedness has not only been on the mind of operators but government officials and industry experts as well when it comes to discussing reform […]
At a time when the patient population is becoming increasingly complex and conversations continue to be had over where clinical care is best provided, ArchCare President and CEO Scott LaRue believes now is the time for the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to pick up steam. LaRue has been at the helm […]
In the early months of the pandemic, masks for medical personnel were in such short supply that providers, states, and the federal government were all bidding against each other to secure them. Gowns were so hard to come by that reports surfaced of nursing home workers using trash bags as makeshift coverings. The government attempted […]
As skilled nursing facilities face pressures to improve care in an increasingly value-focused world, one provider has been able to lower its rehospitalization rate into the single digits by adding in-house emergency care. Call9, which is based in Brooklyn, N.Y., and embeds paramedics on-site at skilled nursing facilities, partnered with the Archdiocese of New York’s long-term care […]
After more than a decade of declines, the proportion of skilled nursing beds at major non-profit senior living operators has held steady in recent years, even as companies in the space have dealt with reimbursement and staffing strains. Nursing care beds accounted for 32.2% of all units among the top 150 non-profit senior housing providers […]
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