Hager: Shift from SNFs to Home Has Run Course, Therapy Costs to Drop 10% to 15% Under PDPM

Large-scale efforts to shift post-acute residents from skilled nursing facilities to the home health space have largely “run their course,” Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN) CEO George Hager said Tuesday, while also predicting serious cost savings under the new Medicare payment model. Though industry leaders have long worried about payers’ growing preference for the lower-cost home […]

Survey Finds Support for LGBT-Focused Nursing and Retirement Options

Three out of four members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) communities said they wished there were more LGBTI-specific retirement homes and nursing homes, according to a survey conducted by banking giant Barclays and  Gay Star News. The survey drew from more than 2,300 respondents, and was conducted for Gay Star News’s inaugural LGBTI Founders […]