Skilled Nursing Company Shares Hold Steady, Analysts Circumspect on Minimum Staffing Rule

While many industry leaders vociferously condemned the finalized federal staffing requirements for nursing homes that were released on Monday, analysts covering publicly traded companies in the sector were relatively circumspect. They see the requirements as posing a risk, but analysts who communicated with Skilled Nursing News also generally remained upbeat about the longer-term prospects for […]

‘An Extinction Event’: Industry Leaders Blast Finalized Nursing Home Staffing Mandate

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Monday unveiled the finalized minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, drawing sharp – and deeply apprehensive – responses from leaders in the sector. CEOs of nursing home owners and operators and leaders of industry associations were all but unanimous in their reactions; among those who spoke […]