The New York Times covered the wave of rural nursing home closures, which come amid financial problems and aging Americans’ changing preferences, in a deep dive published Monday. The article zeroed in on the closure of a nursing home in Mobridge, S.D., which was taken over by Black Hills Receiver after former operator Skyline Healthcare […]
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Questions are swirling about Pennsylvania’s approval process for nursing home owners after Wood Ridge, N.J.-based Skyline Healthcare collapsed less than a year after the state Department of Health signed off on the company. That’s according to a deep dive from The Reading Eagle, published on Sunday. Four years before Joseph Schwartz, the owner of the […]
With a new payment model just eight months away, the skilled nursing industry has trained a laser-guided focus on maximizing patient outcomes and reimbursements under the system. But smart providers would be wise not to let the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) distract them from the pressing issues facing them between now and October 1. “Any […]
Four more nursing and senior care facilities previously operated by troubled provider Skyline Healthcare in Nebraska are set to close. Klaasmeyer and Associates, the firm that state officials installed to run the properties during a receivership process, has asked for permission to shutter the four buildings, according to a report in the Lincoln Journal Star. […]
We’ve made it to the end of 2018, which will likely go down as one of the most eventful years in the history of the long-term and post-acute care industry. Between the first round of Value-Based Purchasing penalties taking effect and the rapid rollout of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), it’s probably a safe bet […]
Black Hills Receiver LLC, the court-appointed receiver for 19 skilled nursing facilities in South Dakota that were operated by Skyline Healthcare and its affiliates, on Wednesday proposed a plan to close two of the facilities due to lack of funds. The earliest date the facilities — the Madison Care and Rehabilitation Center in Madison, S.D., and […]
Legacy Healthcare Buys Elgin, Ill., SNF for $5M, Plans Millions in Renovations Legacy Healthcare purchased the Advocate Sherman West Court skilled rehabilitation and nursing facility in Elgin, Ill., and plans to invest $2 million in renovations, The Daily Herald reported. Most or all of the 75 staff members are expected to keep their jobs. The renovations […]
The state of Pennsylvania is set to pay Complete HealthCare Resources $475,000 after the company took over nine skilled nursing facilities operated by Skyline Healthcare, the Reading Eagle reported. The implosion of Wood Ridge, New Jersey-based Skyline in South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska has also hit Pennsylvania, where the Department of Health (DOH) had to appoint temporary […]
A federal judge dismissed a possible class action lawsuit against Skyline Highland Holdings, an entity linked to the manager of the collapsing Skyline Healthcare chain, which has seen multiple skilled nursing facilities enter forced receivership in recent months. The case was filed by plaintiffs James Green, Mercedes Anderson, and Brenda Woodard back in August 2017. […]
Temporary oversight of eight former Skyline Healthcare skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania has come to an end. The administration of Gov. Tom Wolf last Friday announced that the eight facilities had been sold to new owners, consisting primarily of private investors. “The Wolf administration would like to thank the employees, contractors, and others who have […]
The Pennsylvania Department of Health appointed temporary leaders at nine nursing facilities that were operated by Skyline Healthcare after the department determined that Skyline no longer had the money to run the facilities. “We have installed temporary management at all nine facilities to ensure residents will continue to receive safe care,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine […]
The South Dakota Department of Health filed a motion for Skyline Health Care to turn over its assets and income after residents at its 19 facilities in the state were put at risk, The Aberdeen (S.D.) American News reported, citing court documents. Debbie Menzenberg, a licensed nursing home facility administrator and a divisional vice president in charge of […]
Skyline Healthcare’s troubles in Nebraska and Kansas have highlighted how large companies in the nursing home industry have abandoned the business to lease bunches of facilities to unknown firms. The Philadelphia Inquirer took a deep dive into Skyline’s takeover of more than 100 nursing home sites across multiple states — and the general lack of information about […]
Last week approximately 1,650 nursing home workers in Nebraska received paychecks after Cottonwood Healthcare, known as Skyline Healthcare, failed to make payroll in late March. The funds went out on Friday, Ken Klaasmeyer of Klaasmeyer & Associates Inc. told the Omaha World-Herald. Klaasmeyer & Associates was appointed to manage the facilities while a long-term plan is developed for […]
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