Members of Congress call on CMS to collaborate in addressing nursing home workforce challenges
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2022
A bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives is looking to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with them to resolve workforce shortages experienced by nursing homes across...
A new software tool enables healthcare providers to offer an early wage access option, which the developers believe will help with staff retention and avoid burnout.
Barron’s: Skilled-nursing-focused REIT CareTrust in good shape amidst pandemic
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 02, 2020
With plenty of balance sheet flexibility, San Clemente, CA-based CareTrust appears ready to weather the pandemic successfully and continue growing in the near term, predict experts at Barron’s and Seeking...
Genesis Healthcare adds 38 former ProMedica SNFs to portfolio
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2023
Kennett Square, PA-based Genesis Healthcare is adding 34 nursing homes in Pennsylvania and four in Colorado, all formerly operated by Toledo, OH-based ProMedica Senior Care.
House committee approves measure to stop ‘imposing new red tape’ on nursing homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 11, 2024
The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee voted Wednesday to pass along to Congress a bill that would block the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed minimum staffing mandate.
Federal government to regulate staffing at nursing homes for first time
Sep 01, 2023
The proposal would set minimum staffing to the equivalent of three hours per resident per day, with just over a half hour of that time from a registered nurse.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to negatively affect the finances of Kennett Square, PA-based Genesis Healthcare, according to the firm’s third-quarter earnings report, released Monday.
Staff COVID-19 vaccinations have risen 25 percentage points under CMS mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2022
COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff jumped 25 percentage points nationally thanks in no small part to a CMS mandate imposed earlier this year.
Nursing home industry reacts to White House ‘all-hands-on-deck’ approach in promoting COVID-19 booster...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 28, 2022
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living and LeadingAge applaud the While House for being proactive in encouraging Americans and especially older adults to get their updated...
AG approves management transfer of 7 ProMedica SNFs to Providence Group
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 27, 2023
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) has given conditional approval to transfer management of seven skilled nursing facilities operated by Toledo, OH-based ProMedica to Providence Group, a California...