Home health is fastest-growing component of national health spending
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 08, 2024
Year-over-year growth in the home health space was 13.5% in October, making it the fastest-growing component of national health spending, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators...
National health spending reached $45 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person, according to an analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published Wednesday...
Business briefs, Nov. 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2023
Life Care Services captures top scores in J.D. Power’s 2023 Senior Living Satisfaction Study … New nursing home ownership transparency rule draws mixed reaction from providers, owners … Long-term...
Debt market liquidity top concern for long-term care investors: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 14, 2023
Half of long-term care investors see debt market liquidity as their top concern over the next 12 months, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s recent survey of more than 90 industry leaders. Sixty-eight...
Nursing home, home health spending up year over year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
“July’s growth in health spending on nursing home care and home healthcare remained faster than the broader health spending trends,” Corwin (Corey) Rhyan, research director of health economics and...
Business briefs, Sept. 19
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2023
Share of nursing homes able to meet staffing minimum lower than CMS estimate: KFF … NAHB asks DOL to extend commenting deadline for overtime rule … Seniorly launches new estimated pricing model …...
Business briefs, Aug. 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2023
Access to care crisis growing within skilled nursing sector: AHCA … Game-filled events organized to combat older adult loneliness … State regulators step in to evaluate Charlotte, NC, CCRCs solvency...
SNFs leased from REITs score higher in CMS quality measure ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2023
Skilled nursing properties that are leased from real estate investment trusts are likely to have better quality measure ratings for long-stay residents compared with properties that are leased from entities...
FFS admissions grow 5.8% for skilled nursing, drop 8.6% for home health: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2023
Medicare fee-for-service admissions increased among skilled nursing facilities by 5.8% and decreased among home health providers year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022, according to a report released...
State considers moratorium on nursing home construction, expansion
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 02, 2023
Legislation being considered in Iowa would place a six-month moratorium of the construction and expansion of nursing homes. The bill also would give Medicaid payers more power in recovering funds from...