Long-term care corporate executives see 2.67 percent salary increase
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 10, 2022
Long-term care corporate executives saw an average 2.67% increase in salary in 2021, according to the 38th edition of the Multi-Facility Corporate Compensation Report, released Thursday by the Hospital...
CMS announces 2.2% Medicare raise for SNFs in 2021
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 04, 2020
Nursing home operators will receive an aggregate $750 million Medicare pay increase for fiscal year 2021 under a final rule announced Friday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It would amount...
California nursing home fined nearly $100K for COVID-19-related workplace violations
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Amy Novotney
Nov 24, 2020
California state workplace regulators issued one of the largest fines yet to a Bakersfield, CA, nursing home for COVID-19 related workplace violations, according to local media reports.
Lawmakers re-introduce bill to waive 3-day stay requirement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2021
A bipartisan cadre of lawmakers reintroduced the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. If passed, the legislation would make permanent last year’s...
SNFs, CCRCs ‘off the pace’ for recruiting, retaining workers: Fitch
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 16, 2024
Skilled nursing facilities and continuing care retirement / life plan communities “are still well off the pace needed to reach a full post-pandemic recovery” in terms of their workforces, according...
Few long-term care operators report being fully staffed
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 23, 2021
Just 1% of nursing homes and 4% of assisted living communities participating in a recent survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living reported being fully staffed....
New monetary penalties for SNFs in California is ‘major policy change’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 03, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities in California will face much higher fines for not complying with transfer discharge hearing decisions under a new bill signed into law last week by Gov. Gaivin Newsom (D).
Genesis and Ensign Group see shares drop amidst House COVID-19 nursing home investigation
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 22, 2020
Last week, a House of Representatives committee launched an investigation into how five large nursing home companies have handled COVID-19. Among the nursing homes under investigation are publicly traded...
Nursing homes continue fight for legal immunity
By
Amy Novotney
May 27, 2020
Nineteen states have granted nursing homes new immunity from civil liability either by executive order or statute, according to a report in TheHill Monday.
Need for care not going away, but where best to provide it under scrutiny: M&A expert
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 07, 2020
As the long-term care industry continues to examine its future, many are banking on an ongoing division between home and communal-based care. It’s a divide that’s already beginning to play out in the...