Nursing Home Operators See ‘Uphill Battle’ in Moving Away From Staffing Agency Usage in 2022

To combat staffing shortages, states continue to deploy a wide range of tactics to boost recruitment, however, without better safeguards against price gouging staffing agencies operators fear care disruptions may continue.  For some, working with staffing agencies has proven to be necessary. Others like Wisconsin’s Bloomfield Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center closed its doors in part […]

Skilled Nursing Operators See Disaster Ahead As CMS Takes Aim at Medicaid-Boosting Provider Taxes

The federal government has proposed a rule governing the use of Medicaid supplemental payments for nursing homes that could have drastic effects on the reimbursement they receive. But the ripples of the rule don’t stop there. They could also overhaul the taxes that providers pay in several states — taxes that in turn contribute to […]