As Medicare Advantage continues to penetrate the nursing home market, leaders say that MA plans are depressing margins amid higher costs to run operations. This might lead some operators to contemplate closing, while others will be wiser to hire staff in designated roles to help them negotiate better rates – and exclusions – for managed […]
Urban Institute
About $7.1 billion of the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) — which has totaled $178 billion over the past 18 months — has not been allocated, an October analysis from Washington, D.C.–based think tank Urban Institute determined. Skilled nursing facilities received $5 billion of allocated funds, the analysis found, and another $5 billion was devoted to […]