Closing the Medicaid Gap Is Just the First Step, as Nursing Homes Fight for Predictable Reimbursement

Nursing homes and the state associations that represent them continue to put pressure on legislators to match Medicaid rates with rising costs, and change how often rebasing occurs to give operators a more even playing field. In a lot of cases, Medicaid increases helped lessen the gap between costs and stagnant rates. But, legislators still […]

Nursing Home Closures Hit Smaller Markets as Financial, Staffing Crisis Deepens Across Industry

Skilled nursing facilities situated in small markets across the country have faced mounting pressure to sell or close after more than two years of a pandemic, an ongoing workforce crisis and federal reform on the horizon with no monetary support. If a closure does happen, that leaves residents and their families sometimes separated 40-plus miles […]