For nursing home operators with rapidly expanding portfolios, there are a lot of challenges and rewards to consider. Joseph Lee, Senior VP of Support Services at PACS, knows this first-hand. “We’re looking at where we can have a footprint where four or five facilities that can support one another and we can absorb them into […]
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To build relationships that can weather hurdles and succeed in a “new era” for nursing homes, owners and operators should focus on how they can drive mutual growth over time, through symbiotic, creative deals generating long-term value. That’s according to executives with Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) and Providence Administrative Consulting Services (PACS), who spoke […]
The federal government sent a shockwave through the post-acute and long-term care landscape earlier this month when it disclosed that the new Medicare payment model for nursing homes had increased total spending by 5% — counter to its goal of budget neutrality. But while officials mull the ways that the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) could […]
The federal government announced it would be taking a look at the Medicare reimbursement system for skilled nursing facilities in the wake of higher-than-expected payments over the course of last year, even allowing for the impact of a global pandemic that had a uniquely deleterious effect on SNF operations. But whatever ends up changing, for […]
The infectious nature of COVID-19 makes it imperative that skilled nursing facilities take extra precautions around any new admissions that they bring in, as well as any residents that are returning from a hospital stay. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the procedure for SNFs is straightforward: Keep any COVID-19-positive patients […]