The Case for Immigration: Incentivizing U.S. Workers Won’t ‘Come Anywhere Close’ to Solving SNF Labor Crisis

The intersection of nursing home staffing and immigration has long been a conversation among operators before and during the pandemic, becoming even more pressing as industry leaders clamor to provide solutions to a historic workforce shortage. Incentivizing U.S. workers to take long-term care jobs won’t “come anywhere close” to filling the need the industry is […]

Some California Nursing Homes Inflated Star Ratings

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made improvements to its Five-Star Quality Rating System after questions about self-inflation, and a new study provides more evidence for why the changes were necessary. The study, by University of Connecticut professors Niam Yaraghi and Ram Gopal and Xu Han of Florida Atlantic University, examined 1,200 California […]