Anyone who gets into bed with the government had best sleep with one eye open.
What short-term trends are affecting nursing homes?
Jan 01, 2008
According to a Wall Street analysis conducted for CMS, here are several: • Wall Street is more pessimistic than in the past about sector prospects. • Higher Medicare payments are subsidizing lower...
Just when you were warming up to Medicaid …
By
John O'Connor
Nov 17, 2016
Medicaid as you have known it is probably going to be changed. And not for the better.
Senior living might want to reconsider its superiority complex
By
John O'Connor
Jan 11, 2018
More operators are doing things that would have been heavily frowned upon in the past.
What’s better for senior living and care — the market or government?
By
Stephen A. Moses
Oct 25, 2021
By most measures, the more market-based independent and assisted living sectors fare better economically over time than the more government-dependent sectors. Why?
What your residents need to know when applying for Medicaid for assisted living
By
Ben Mandelbaum
Dec 14, 2015
A refresher for those working in senior living, and something to share with residents and prospective residents.
How many nursing homes exist?
Jan 01, 2008
About 16,500 nursing homes certified exist to provide Medicare and/or Medicaid care in the United States, with approximately 1.8 million total beds.
Why the GAO report ultimately could be good news for assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2018
The increased attention brought by a recent GAO report may be uncomfortable for those in the assisted living industry in the short term, but the health policy experts with whom I spoke suggest that the...
Praise for Price might be short-lived
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2016
Businesses tend to be quite happy when elections put Republicans in charge of Congress and the White House. But senior living operators would be well advised to temper their giddiness this time, for two...
For senior living operators, this could be the start of something bad
By
John O'Connor
May 09, 2019
Tennessee’s embracing of Medicaid block grants could become a catastrophe for senior living operators and the beneficiaries they serve.