Providers have a scant 11 months to prepare for the tectonic shift of the Patient-Driven Payment Model, but that’s only one of the regulatory and economic pressures they’ll face in 2019. New requirements of participation, the local politics of Medicaid, and staffing shortages will continue to plague the skilled nursing industry over the coming 12 […]
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Providers’ early reviews of the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) have been largely positive, but operators also only have around 11 months to develop the kinds of internal protocols necessary to maximize reimbursements — and success could hinge on getting various players within a single facility to agree with each other. In Leah Killian-Smith’s experience […]
Post Acute Partners to Buy Majority Stake in Upstate NY Nursing Complex Weinberg Campus, a New York state senior living provider, agreed to sell the majority of its main nursing home and senior care complex in Amherst, New York, to Post Acute Partners, The Buffalo News reported. The Weinberg facilities will be operated by Post Acute Partners […]
Welcome to Skilled Nursing News’s regular look at the biggest headlines from the week that was, your all-in-one place for the top stories you need to jumpstart your day and discover the things you may have missed. SNN brought you a peek into PointClickCare’s annual customer summit in Orlando, where executives declared that skilled nursing […]
Make no mistake: The skilled nursing industry is under threat from a range of forces, and no one is expecting it to end anytime soon. “[The industry is] under pressure from every imaginable direction, and it’s [only] getting harder,” said Russ DePriest, senior vice president and general manager-skilled nursing at PointClickCare. He spoke at the […]