Five states have enacted some of the nation’s toughest minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, and yet gaps in actual care persist, a new analysis released Friday reveals, raising questions about whether the federal staffing rule will in the end be able to achieve its intended goal. The analysis by KFF Health News, focuses on […]
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Even as the Biden administration strives to crack down on confusing ownership structures in the nursing home industry, it appears there are gaps in federal data collection and limited visibility into ownership. Only one-third of private equity (PE) and fewer than one-fifth of real estate investment trust (REIT) investments in the nursing home space are […]
The costs of long-term care in every setting, including nursing homes, is considered out of reach for most seniors, averaging more than $100 per day nationwide. This is coupled with the fact that the majority of older adults with very low incomes will need such services and have the fewest resources to pay for them. […]
Loans and other types of financing through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) may be key to incentivizing operators to seek innovation, such as scaling the small home model in a meaningful way – but the program isn’t quite at that point yet. The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report […]
Despite the nursing home industry being in the grips of a staffing crisis – with more leverage in the hands of direct care workers – unionization in the space hasn’t taken off across the country like many were expecting. Instead, national unionization in the sector slowly increased from just under 10% in 2010 to 16.8% […]
In its latest move to increase scrutiny of the skilled nursing industry, the Biden administration is toughening requirements for nursing homes that fall into its Special Focus Facilities (SFF) program. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making completion requirements more challenging and increasing enforcement actions if SNFs fail to show improvement, […]
The way care is financed, delivered and regulated in the nursing home sector is both ineffective and inefficient, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found, as significant strategic investment will be needed to improve what has become a fragmented and unsustainable system. The wide ranging report called for swift […]
People over the age of 50 who have received an initial booster dose at least four months ago may now receive another, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration recommended a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Modena COVID-19 vaccine and the Centers for […]
Nursing home operators remain in limbo as the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Friday on the constitutionality of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate. Health care litigators and other legal experts expect it will be much easier to repeal the previously ordered lower court injunctions, compared to those made […]
Since the Biden administration announced a vaccine mandate would be coming into effect, nursing home staff vaccination rates have increased from 62 to 72%. While a 10% bump is encouraging, it remains to be seen if a hard deadline of Jan. 4 will be enough to bridge the gap in vaccine rate variability currently seen […]
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