Physicians are needed more than ever in a nursing home, industry leaders and researchers say, as the sector continues to move toward a setting with higher acuity patients. And the role may become more attractive to prospective clinicians as the post-acute care setting isn’t “tainted by bureaucracy in medicine,” according to Dr. Justin DiRezze, CEO […]
Weill Cornell Medical College
Nursing homes owned by private equity (PE) firms had COVID-19 outcomes comparable to facilities with other ownership structures, including similar staffing levels, case counts, and COVID-19 deaths — as well as deaths from any cause, according to a study published October 28 in JAMA Network Open. The study examined 11,470 nursing homes in the U.S. […]