Mixed reactions to the nursing home minimum staffing mandate continued to roll in over the weekend – along with an editorial from President Joe Biden – following a first glimpse of the proposal on Friday. As the president underlined the need for more staff to improve quality, the 24/7 provision for registered nurses (RNs) continued […]
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Hospital discharge to skilled nursing facilities can benefit from certain protocols that are currently missing when patients make this transition between care settings, according to a new study. While the complexity of care transitions between nursing homes and hospitals is well known, investments in programs like Age Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) have become key to […]
The nursing home industry was thrust back into the national spotlight this week as federal lawmakers called out for-profit ownership for their lack of resources during the early months of the pandemic and confounding corporate structures. The Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James Clyburn, held a hearing on Wednesday to […]
One of the nursing home industry’s largest trade groups, LeadingAge, received a $1 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation on Tuesday with the aim of furthering some of the recommendations laid out in the recently released National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) report. The report – dubbed The National Imperative to […]
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 […]
While participation in value-based payment models has been historically low among skilled nursing facilities, the industry indirectly benefited from the payment models during the pandemic, according to a study conducted by Duke University’s Margolis Center for Health Policy in May. The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York presented key themes from the report at […]