Assisted living CEO salaries up 2% … Senior care providers make list of top franchises … USCIS updates guidance on untimely filed extension of stay, change of status requests … HealthPRO Heritage...
Business briefs, Oct. 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 24, 2023
Medicaid LTSS spending continues shift toward HCBS for older adults … Health insurance premiums rose by 7% in 2023: KFF … Fitch Ratings downgrades Fellowship Village revenue bonds to BBB-; outlook...
Surcharge Act means nursing homes will receive millions in state, federal aid
By
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...
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...
Unionization may decrease staffing turnover in nursing homes: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 16, 2023
As nursing homes prepare for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed staffing mandate for nursing homes — 0.55 hours per resident day for registered nurses and 2.45 hours per resident...
Business briefs, April 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 17, 2024
Bill promises ‘generational investment’ to support LTC workforce … Medicaid Access Rule a step closer to being finalized … Proposed information collection tool mean to help people recover ‘lost’...
Business briefs, Nov. 7
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 07, 2022
Almost half of states now using Medicaid to boost direct-care pay … Governor signs law to regulate staffing agencies … Gerontological Society of America establishes National Center to Reframe Aging...
Nursing home could lose license over CPR and COVID-related allegations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 16, 2022
A New Jersey nursing home is barred from accepting new admissions and is at risk of losing its state license following allegations of understaffing and resident abuse and neglect, NBC News reported.
Business briefs, Oct. 7
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 07, 2022
AHCA ‘deeply saddened’ by expiration of temporary nurse aide waiver … Code of conduct must be clearly defined, consistently applied, NLRB warns … Majority of Americans want strong, sustainable...
Business briefs, March 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
OSHA challenge could reach Supreme Court this fall … 90-year-old nursing home guts skilled nursing amid ‘unsustainable’ Medicaid funding … State supreme court rules in favor of Brookdale over contested...