The skilled nursing industry is experiencing a profound shift in patient acuity, presenting both challenges and opportunities for operators. Given this trend, experts at Skilled Nursing News’ RETHINK conference last week shared ideas on how to tackle rising acuity, including by creating “medical resorts,” using telehealth and predictive analytics to streamline care, creative staffing initiatives […]
After more than 200,000 nursing home residents and staff died in U.S. nursing homes over the course of Covid, disaster planning has taken on new meaning for the sector. For Michael Wasserman, a geriatrician and the former CEO of California nursing home giant Rockport Healthcare Services and University of Chicago Professor R. Tamara Konetzka that […]
As operators in the skilled nursing industry continue to reckon with the challenges related to the ongoing shift to value-based care – particularly on the reimbursement side – one provider has taken it upon themselves to create a post-acute network that is a “win-win” for all involved. Rockport Healthcare Services created affiliated entity Post Acute […]
The role of a minimum data set (MDS) coordinator is one that continues to evolve in post-acute care since the launch of PDPM in 2019, and as operators have struggled to bring in nurses across the board, so too have they struggled to keep their MDS coordinators. With multiple coordinator openings at the moment, Rockport […]
California emerged as an early COVID-19 hotspot when the coronavirus first emerged in the U.S., and for skilled nursing facilities in the Golden State, the pandemic hit particularly hard. As a result, local health officials at both the state and county levels were looking for ways to combat the anticipated need — and they turned […]
One day after the federal government announced an ambitious plan to send point-of-care testing units for COVID-19 to all of the nation’s more than 15,000 nursing homes, leaders in the space expressed cautious optimism — while often emphasizing that they have more questions than firm answers. Starting next week, the Department of Health and Human […]
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