A state-mandated pay raise for nursing home workers is shaking up the landscape for Minnesota operators. Residents could end up paying the price, considering uncertainty surrounding state funding, Medicaid dollars and the possibility of gaps in reimbursement in the years ahead. All nursing home staff will make at least $19 an hour starting Jan. 1, […]
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Days after the Trump administration issued an executive order to freeze federal aid, it has been rescinded. The order affected Medicaid funding, with at least 20 states on Tuesday unable to draw funds. More than six out of 10 nursing home residents rely on Medicaid to cover their daily care; it’s a critical safety net […]
Nursing home advocacy groups criticized the Biden Administration for “misleading” the public with its negative rhetoric on nursing homes as reactions to the federal government’s minimum staffing rule continued to trickle in. Discussions of the finalized staffing rule were seen in recent policymaker committees, including the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and […]
Nursing homes will be among the recipients of more than one million doses of Pfizer’s antiviral pills made available this month – that’s hundreds of thousands more doses than expected, with more than double that amount to be made available in April. Heightened production of antiviral pill Paxlovid, designed to treat COVID-19, is part of […]
Congress reached an agreement on a new COVID-19 relief package on Sunday, but for skilled nursing providers, the measures in the bill are at best a preliminary step toward the aid necessary for them to survive the aftershocks of a grueling year. The bill, which runs to almost 6,000 pages and had not been finalized […]
A pair of Republican lawmakers called on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to investigate five states that ordered nursing homes to take in COVID-19 patients from the hospital. A pair of Republican lawmakers called on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector […]
Birchwood Sells West Virginia SNF/ALF to Public REIT Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced the sale of a skilled nursing and assisted living facility, Madison Park Healthcare in Huntington, W.V., to a public real estate investment trust (REIT). Blueprint arranged the sale for the seller, Birchwood Healthcare Partners, which focuses on seniors housing and nursing […]
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