Skilled nursing occupancy hit new record low of 71.7% in December: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Mar 05, 2021
Just as recent efforts to vaccinate long-term care patients and frontline healthcare workers began at the end of December, occupancy at the nation’s skilled nursing facilities reached its lowest level...
Genesis announces restructuring, voluntarily delists from NYSE
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Amy Novotney
Mar 04, 2021
Genesis HealthCare will institute a three-part plan to improve its financial metrics and cut debt by $236 million, the company announced Wednesday. The plan includes a voluntary delisting from the New...
Increasing private rooms, developing specialty will help SNFs stay competitive post-pandemic: report
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Amy Novotney
Mar 03, 2021
When the dust settles from the COVID-19 pandemic and demand begins to rebound, skilled nursing operators will need to adapt to changing market conditions. To do so, facilities must pursue operational improvements...
Welltower exits real estate relationship with Genesis
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Amy Novotney
Mar 03, 2021
Welltower is largely ending its operating relationship with skilled nursing operator Genesis HealthCare, the real estate investment trust announced late Tuesday.
Lawmakers consider prohibiting creation of any new for-profit nursing homes
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Amy Novotney
Mar 03, 2021
Amid a package of 19 nursing home reform bills released Friday by the New York State Assembly, one measure seeks to prohibit the creation of any new for-profit skilled nursing facilities in the state,...
APRNs help SNFs save more than $31M over 6 years: study
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Amy Novotney
Mar 01, 2021
Instituting advanced practice registered nurses full-time at 16 Missouri nursing homes helped reduce resident hospitalizations and allowed the state to save more than $31 million over the course of six...
SNF investors focus on needs-based model, expect census return by mid-2022
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Amy Novotney
Feb 25, 2021
Amid the all-too-frequent headlines of “nursing home deaths,” federal and state deficits, increased competition from home health agencies and historic low occupancy levels while wage pressures continue,...
Almost a fourth of SNFs reported staff shortages by end of 2020: report
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Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2021
The number of skilled nursing facilities reporting a shortage or nurses, aides or doctors increased dramatically last year, according to an analysis of government data released last week by the U.S. PIRG...
CVS, Walgreens complete first round of SNF immunizations, doling out more than 3 million COVID-19 vaccines
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Amy Novotney
Jan 26, 2021
In increasingly positive news for the senior living and care industries, CVS Health and Walgreens have completed the administration of the first round of COVID-19 vaccine doses to skilled nursing facilities...
Pandemic forcing nursing homes across the country to close
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Amy Novotney
Jan 20, 2021
COVID-related financial challenges have contributed to additional nursing home closures across the country, putting the care of residents in jeopardy.