As the federal government continues to seek to understand who is buying and financing nursing homes, the role private funds play in the health care system more broadly appears to be trending upward. Private equity (PE) firms spent $206 billion on more than 1,400 health care acquisitions in 2021, according to a Kaiser Health News […]
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Nursing homes that require testing as a condition of visitation must provide the testing options to do so, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officials announced this week. CMS addressed the issue after receiving a flurry of questions on the matter from state officials and operators across the country. CMS also said COVID-19 tests […]
Five states are making efforts to improve financial transparency among skilled nursing facilities, in some cases requiring financial records to be accessible to the public and in other cases dictating where revenue can go, to ensure funds are going to residents first. For some compliance experts, the timing is right to shine a light on […]
As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) promises a crackdown on infection control inspections amid the coronavirus crisis, a new analysis finds that citations for infection-related violations are widespread in the industry. While officials and the media are taking a closer look at nursing homes’ compliance histories and amping up regulatory scrutiny, one […]
Managed Medicaid plans in California have, in some cases, denied coverage to patients for nursing facility care, raising concerns among long-term care advocates in the state about coverage by such plans. California Healthline, a publication of Kaiser Health News, reported the story earlier this week. California pays plans a monthly rate for every Medicaid beneficiary […]
A class-action lawsuit challenging the Medicare eligibility rules for skilled nursing coverage will finally get its day in court this week — shortly after the administrator in charge of the program publicly questioned the status quo. The trial over the lawsuit, first filed in 2011, began Monday in a Hartford federal courtroom, according to an […]
In the wake of controversy over nationwide skilled nursing staffing levels, the health care industry’s top government watchdog has stepped in to investigate. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced that it will launch a probe into the way skilled nursing facilities maintain their staffing records — […]
Less than a month after a New York Times story revealed concerns about insufficient nursing home staffing levels, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) handed out nearly 1,400 one-star reviews. Last week, when CMS updated its Five-Star Quality Rating System for nursing homes, 1,387 facilities received one-star ratings for staffing coverage, according to […]
While some of the nation’s ongoing long-term care issues have flown under the radar, the opioid epidemic has garnered significant media attention, particularly during the last presidential campaign. In this article from Kaiser Health News, reporter Melissa Bailey explores the intersection between these two ongoing American health care storylines, detailing how hospice providers struggle to determine whether […]
In case you missed it, here’s a look at the past week in skilled nursing news, from a potential final showdown between a major provider and its landlord to a peek into the highest-paid executives in the business. Today’s the day for HCR ManorCare, Inc. to pay the back rent it owes Quality Care Properties, […]
Skilled Nursing News Take: On the same day that Kaiser Health News published this story, American Health Care Association President and CEO Mark Parkinson estimated that the Senate’s health reform bill would ultimately cost individual SNFs $600,000 annually. This KHN story suggests what that might look like—compromising care for people like Alice Jacobs while forcing providers like Dogwood […]
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