Long-term care mergers and acquisitions drop 13 percent from last quarter
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2023
Mergers and acquisitions in senior living and skilled nursing in the first quarter included just 98 transactions. That’s 13% fewer than the 112 transactions that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2022,...
Staffing more challenging for nursing homes in socioeconomically deprived areas, study finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 13, 2023
Nursing homes in neighborhoods experiencing socioeconomic deprivation could find it challenging to sufficiently staff their facilities, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American...
Eskaton sells SNFs to Cypress for $35.6 million to focus on senior living, home care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2023
Carmichael, CA-based provider Eskaton is selling its three stand-alone skilled nursing facilities for $35.6 million as part of a plan to “expand and enhance” the company’s offerings in independent...
Assisted living workforce shortage could be worsened by federal nursing home staffing requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2023
Assisted living communities and personal care homes could lose staff members to nursing homes if a minimum staffing requirement is implemented for nursing facilities by the federal government, according...
More testing of staff linked to drop in COVID-19 cases, deaths at SNFs
Mar 23, 2023
Reductions in COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents at skilled nursing facilities mainly were seen before vaccine availability.
Home health, nursing homes among fastest-growing categories of healthcare spending
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 23, 2023
Home health spending grew by 9.4% and nursing home care spending grew by 9.2%, placing them among the fastest-growing categories of healthcare spending in January, according to Altarum’s monthly Health...
COVID-related changes in nursing home healthcare delivery ‘just starting to manifest’: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 08, 2023
The pandemic forever changed the nursing home industry, according to Marcum LLP’s three-year benchmarking analysis of skilled nursing operations, released Tuesday.
Aggressive end-of-life care often used in seniors with metastatic cancer
Feb 24, 2023
Aggressive end-of-life care used more often by nursing home residents than community-dwelling residents aged 66 years or older
Nursing home sector’s economic recovery ‘in limbo,’ AHCA says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Economic recovery remains “in limbo” for the nursing home sector, especially as the public health emergency — and the funds that go along with it — is set to end this spring. That’s according...
CMS proposes ‘universal’ quality measures to ease provider burden, confusion
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 06, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services leaders are proposing the creation of a “universal foundation” of quality measures to reduce the reporting burden and confusion for providers and better align...