More companies have suspended dividends so far this year than in the previous 10 years combined … Medicaid increases providing pandemic cushion for providers … Massachusetts’ first SNF-based COVID-19...
Approximately 95% of Green House homes have reported zero cases COVID-19 among residents or staff: study
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Amy Novotney
Aug 03, 2020
Much attention has been given of late to the properties or characteristics that have helped long-term care facilities stave off outbreaks of COVID-19. A new study led by University of North Carolina researcher...
FY 2022 SNF reimbursement proposal could weaken rent coverage for skilled nursing REITS: Mizuho
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Amy Novotney
Apr 14, 2021
Last week, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its 2022 fiscal year reimbursement proposal for skilled nursing facilities that includes a 1.3% boost to Medicare payments. The overall $444...
Business briefs, Sept. 7
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Amy Novotney
Sep 07, 2021
Senior housing bondholder beats outside lender to finance bankrupt assisted living provider … Arkansas to study higher Medicaid funding for assisted living operators … Atlas Senior Living forms affiliate...
Lawmaker introduces audit notification bill after assisted living provider loses $50,000 when email goes...
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Amy Novotney
Mar 31, 2021
A Colorado lawmaker is asking that multiple forms of communication be used to communicate with Medicaid providers when it comes to the audit process. The request comes after an assisted living operator...
Business briefs for Monday, May 10
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Amy Novotney
May 10, 2021
More than half of Americans oppose requiring proof of vaccination to go to work: survey … Long-term care behavioral health provider Vanguard Eldercare rebrands as GuideStar Eldercare; prepares to expand...
Most nursing homes losing money: AHCA survey
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Amy Novotney
Aug 14, 2020
COVID-19 had led to increased costs and financial hardship among nursing homes across the nation, according to a survey of 463 nursing home operators conducted earlier this week by the American Health...
Proposed SNF tests would cost more than $400 million, AHCA claims
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Amy Novotney
May 20, 2020
Testing all of the nation’s skilled nursing residents and staff just once for COVID-19 would cost $440 million, according to data released Wednesday from the American Health Care Association/National...
Financial incentives, elimination of regulatory barriers may help expand availability of small-house...
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Amy Novotney
Jan 11, 2021
Despite evidence that residents within one of the best-known alternative nursing home models, the Green House Project, have fared much better amid the COVID-19 pandemic than those in traditional skilled...
Long-term care operators can’t compete with service industry wages: speakers
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Amy Novotney
Oct 20, 2020
The perception that nursing home work is dangerous due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with persistently low wages, has made it more difficult than ever to hire caregivers within New Hampshire’s...