State staffing minimum laws are colliding with spiking agency costs, with some facilities forced to continue or increase the use of expensive temporary staff to meet state requirements. The dissonance is especially felt in states like New York, which has the largest Medicaid reimbursement shortfall in the nation, according to Stephen Hanse, president and CEO […]
A bill aiming to crack down on repeat offenders of nursing home state and federal codes is headed to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, after the measure passed the state legislature on Monday. The state’s Department of Health would implement a “system of scaling actions and penalties” under the measure, if a nursing home repeatedly […]
With the U.S. taking steps toward reopening — at varying paces in varying states –— skilled nursing leaders from the East Coast COVID-19 hotspots of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut had several pieces of advice for their counterparts elsewhere, which all ultimately boiled down to one warning. Be prepared. That includes taking steps to […]
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