HHS extends Medicaid provider relief fund deadline again … Ensign Group acquires Tempe, AZ post-acute care retirement community … Exantas acquires management contract, $375M in financing for new investments...
Surcharge Act means nursing homes will receive millions in state, federal aid
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2022
Millions of dollars in additional state and federal funds to improve quality of care will flow to New Mexico’s nursing facilities now that New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) has signed the Health...
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2019
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the...
SNF occupancy rates dropped to nearly 75% in May: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Aug 03, 2020
Skilled care occupancy rates continued to fall in May, thanks largely to the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to monthly data released Thursday from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Providers need ‘meaningful aid,’ groups say as president unveils executive order
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
Building a pipeline of professional caregivers and then retaining them in long-term care are some of the goals of an executive order signed Tuesday by President Biden. Provider groups responded by calling...
Florida’s minimum wage increase could help and hurt home healthcare
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 13, 2020
Voters’ Nov. 3 decision to raise Florida’s minimum wage from $8.56 to $15 per hour by 2026 may put financial pressure on home healthcare agencies, causing some to lay off workers or even go out of...
What you need to know about the Democratic platform
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2016
The Democratic National Convention ratified the party platform late Monday in Philadelphia. We’ve highlighted topics in the 55-page document that will be of particular interest to those working in...
Limited outdoor visitation coming to South Carolina assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2020
South Carolina released new guidance for limited outdoor visitation at assisted living communities and nursing homes on Tuesday, following criteria from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Until we increase the sector’s resources, ‘nothing is going to change’: Parkinson
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Amy Novotney
Mar 12, 2021
If the nursing home system is going to attempt any kind of transformation post-pandemic, the sector must see an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates, staff wages and facility accountability.
More news for Thursday, June 6
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 06, 2024
New York distributes 31,000 companion pets, intergenerational games to older adults experiencing social isolation … JAMA: Innovations in healthcare, technology, housing bode well for aging population...