While industry leaders have bashed many of the proposals laid out in the Biden administration’s nursing home reform package, improving public transparency of SNF ownership may be the White House’s best plan to curb who they see as “bad actors.” However, the details will be important to get right, with concerns about the impact that […]
Burgess Square Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centre
While building back hospital referrals is one way skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have looked to recover census loss over the course of COVID-19, new data shows that referral rejection rates are at an all-time high as staffing shortages continue to cripple the sector. That’s according to an analysis by Careport, a WellSky company, which shows […]
Despite improvements to the Medicaid rate in recent years, the state of Illinois’ reimbursement hasn’t kept up with rising costs for skilled nursing facilities — especially at a time when operators need to keep upping their wages to compete with other industries. While the next wave of the Provider Relief Funds is expected to infuse […]
For one skilled nursing operator in the greater Chicago area, success in the world of accountable care organizations has meant education and proactive collaboration — as well as a willingness to drop out of a partnership with an ACO that didn’t fit into its overall philosophy. “We really look for a partnership in the ACO, […]