Industry stakeholders in Kentucky are celebrating the passage of new legislation that will require the state government to involve skilled nursing trade organizations to weigh in on how state surveyors are trained, and participate in the training process. Providers and advocates hail the law as a model for the nation, and welcome the ability to […]
The high renovation costs associated with adopting new rules for room occupancy limits are forcing some operators to close their doors, as was recently the case with Northeast Health Group in Massachusetts. Many of these vulnerable facilities, built in the 1960s and 1970s and designed for three to four residents per room, are already in […]
Wisconsin nursing home operators are the latest to see an increase to the state’s Medicaid rate at a time when providers across the country are still battling back from significant workforce shortages and historic inflation. Medicaid cost coverage will increase from 77% for fiscal year 2022 to 91% for fiscal year 2023. The new rate […]
Forced to rely on short-term contracts with health care staffing agencies, a county in southern Wisconsin paid almost $850,000 to hire contracted staff to work at Bloomfield Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in 2021 alone. In the end, however, this proved unsustainable as the cost to operate the facility had far exceeded the revenues generated in […]
Medicaid-rate shortfalls and other struggles have claimed more than 30 nursing homes in Washington state since 2010, and at least one lawmaker thinks that the pruning is necessary. State Rep. Eileen Cody, who chairs the state’s House Health Care and Wellness Committee, said a drop in available nursing homes beds is “what we wanted as […]
Nursing homes in Wisconsin are blaming the state’s low Medicaid reimbursements for a wave of nursing home closures and persistent financial struggles, Wisconsin Public Radio reported earlier this month. Nursing home advocates are asking lawmakers in the state to invest $83.5 million in the next two-year budget as a result, the media organization reported. The […]
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