Dwindled giant’s $18M settlement ‘a signal’ to SNF owners about ‘negligent’ care’ … Lawmakers threaten harsher penalties for negligent providers, CEOs in wake of cyberattack … NY assisted...
Nursing homes struggle with tighter reimbursement environment, expert says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
Nursing home funding challenges, capital and private equity firms were among the subjects of a webinar Tuesday sponsored by the Long Term Care Community Coalition.
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 investigate private equity’s influence on nursing homes, HCBS, home health
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Health and Human Services Department have announced plans to jointly investigate private equity’s influence on healthcare.
Business briefs, March 7
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
Medicare opportunities in senior living and skilled nursing … Bill would provide funding to states to help dual eligible seniors navigate Medicare and Medicaid … 1,000+ workers strike at 12 Minnesota...
‘Nothing less than a crisis’ as 45 percent of SNFs cite serious financial issues in AHCA survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 06, 2024
Forty-five percent of skilled nursing facility participants in a new survey said they are “either operating in the red or barely breaking even.”
Healthcare orgs urge federal intervention in the wake of cyberattack
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 04, 2024
Health orgs have asked the HHS office to address the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, which has caused problems for long-term care providers.
Staffing shortages at nursing homes continue: report
Mar 01, 2024
Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague US nursing homes, a new government report finds.
‘Don’t panic — prepare,’ experts urge in ‘new era’ of health data
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2024
Long-term care operators who may think that more complex health data gathering will be important only at the end of this decade, or that it can somehow be evaded altogether, are in for a rude awakening.
Most FCA recoveries related to healthcare, attorney says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 29, 2024
The Justice Department recovered a record-breaking amount of settlements and judgments from False Claims Act cases last year, and most of those cases were related to healthcare cases — “like they...