The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to offer up to $20 million to boost the registered nurse (RN) workforce in nursing homes, but this, along with the agency’s Nursing Home Staffing Campaign, misses the mark on many levels, according to operators. This funding grants nursing students seeking to become RNs up to […]
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Exiting 15 states will enable the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society to invest more resources into creating an integrated model with parent company Sanford Health, with a goal to deliver “cutting-edge care” to older adults regardless of where they reside. That’s according to Good Samaritan CEO Nate Schema, who believes that for Good Sam and […]
The pandemic created myriad risk factors for nursing home operators, many of whom have been primarily focused on staffing shortages and infection control for the past three years. Yet as the industry continues to evolve, operators may need to diversify their risk mitigation strategies to prepare for higher acuity residents, the implementation of the Phase […]