Bernie McGuinness has spent three decades in the nursing home industry, rising from a certified nurse aide (CNA) to reach the pinnacle as former CEO of Majestic Care. But the road for McGuinness has hardly ended there. Now, he is venturing into ownership with Journey Skilled Nursing. McGuinness, president and CEO of Journey, sat down […]
As the Covid-19 public health emergency officially ended in 2023, the nursing home sector continued to face lingering troubles across many facets of the business even if spread of disease – and death resulting from it – diminished as a concern. Chief among troubles that continued to plague nursing homes included workforce shortages and expansion […]
“There are things that I know my colleagues here do that we would not have considered a year ago, two years ago, three years ago. We have to be flexible if we’re going to retain staff and bring them into our organizations.” These are the words of Stuart Almer, president and CEO of Gurwin Healthcare […]
As the skilled nursing sector awaits the proposed federal staffing mandate, leading industry operators renewed calls for funding the initiative, and said the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should carry it out in phases while also adjusting staffing ratios based on the acuity of the resident populations being served. Speaking at Skilled Nursing […]
At a meeting with five other Indiana-based CEOs, newly appointed CEO of Majestic Care Dr. Paul Pruitt promised his organization would surpass theirs in terms of quality and metrics. “We all laughed,” he said. “But that is the goal. And I think you need to set lofty goals and strive for them to get to […]
Indiana-based nursing home operator Majestic Care on Thursday announced the resignation of its CEO Bernie McGuinness. Paul D.Pruitt will join the Majestic team as CEO in June. McGuinness, co-founder of Majestic and CEO for five years, will finish out through the end of the month before pursuing new opportunities this summer. Pruitt joins Majestic Care […]
The labor shortage has meant that workers in nursing homes have had to juggle various roles and chip in on a range of tasks, so much so that some providers have begun hiring people for this ability to cross over. “I think everybody in the community has to wear several hats and help out where […]
The process of hiring immigrant workers for the nursing home industry – from start to finish – looks like a grueling task for operators, but leaders in the industry say it’s the closest to a ‘silver bullet’ we have to meeting the staffing crisis. Such a long-term investment is marred by glacial immigration processes, and […]
Is there a job in skilled nursing that can be likened to a Grandmaster chess player? According to Scott Erwin, workforce planning specialist at Reverence, it’s the role of the scheduler. At Reverence, Erwin oversees the development of artificial intelligence and advanced technology that takes some of the burden off of schedulers, and so he […]
Bernie McGuinness, CEO of Majestic Care, always knew that he wanted a rewarding career where he could work with people and make a tangible impact. His pursuit of such a career led him from being a certified nursing assistant (CNA) to the CEO of a nursing home company that he co-founded. Majestic Care now has […]
As nursing home operators continue to tackle the host of issues that have challenged them throughout 2022, many have set their sights on what’s in store for the year ahead. Industry-wide staffing shortages, an ever changing regulatory environment and record inflation will likely remain pain points for the sector heading into the new year, but […]
Federal reforms — on top of chronic underfunding in the state — has Texas-based Cascade Health Services fearing that certain facilities will be left at a disadvantage as the operator looks to grow regionally. Permanent Medicaid rate increases could be a start, Cascade CEO Ron Haney told Skilled Nursing News, but facilities in Texas will […]
As the skilled nursing industry works to stem the workforce shortage tide, leaders in the sector should not expect to find the ultimate answers in Washington. That’s according to Clif Porter, senior vice president of government relations at the American Health American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). “We can’t fix this in […]
Recruiting and retaining a skilled, motivated workforce continues to be one of the most vexing issues facing the industry, especially as competition has extended far beyond the nursing home down the street. There is no one “silver bullet” to solve the workforce crisis and staffing solutions are often market specific, industry leaders say. Indiana-based Majestic […]
As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) works to establish federal minimum staffing levels, industry leaders are calling on the government agency to broaden the caregiver definition. The current federal requirement does not provide a specific daily minimum standard, rather, it states that nursing homes must provide “…sufficient nursing staff to attain or […]
Operators seeking to grow their own staff with in-house licensing programs have been met with financial and compliance barriers in the form of civil monetary penalties, or CMPs. During a time when operators are limiting admissions as a result of the staffing crisis, industry leaders feel such restrictions are arbitrary and punitive. Federal legislation has […]
While the health care industry added an estimated 34,300 jobs in April, only 900 of those jobs were in the skilled nursing sector. The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) called the data from the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report “a sight for sore eyes,” however, it’s still a far […]
With the federal government’s nursing home reforms, possible cuts to Medicare and staffing shortages occurring while COVID-19 challenges are ongoing, running a skilled nursing operating company can be “a little scary at times.” That’s according to Majestic Care CEO Bernie McGuinness. The Indiana-based operator manages 27 skilled nursing facilities and seven assisted living centers across […]
Operators have had to get creative to recruit and retain staff as the workforce shortage persists, with the omicron variant, burnout and opportunities for better pay stalling staff growth. Leadership has had to hone in on necessities workers don’t always have access to, like cell phones and affordable housing. Majestic Care in Indiana offers a […]
It may seem impossible to remove agency use completely during the ongoing staffing crisis, with 238,000 caregivers that have left the profession since the pandemic began and workforce levels at the lowest that have been in 15 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meanwhile, nursing home operators may pay three to four […]
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