Home health, nursing homes among fastest-growing categories of healthcare spending
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 23, 2023
Home health spending grew by 9.4% and nursing home care spending grew by 9.2%, placing them among the fastest-growing categories of healthcare spending in January, according to Altarum’s monthly Health...
American Healthcare REIT expands senior housing and care segments by $254 million
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2023
American Healthcare REIT expanded its portfolio, recast its credit facility and filed a registration statement for a proposed common stock offering in 2022, the Irvine, CA, real estate investment trust...
LTC ACO shares $20.6 million in savings with participating providers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2023
LTC ACO has received a positive reconciliation and settlement under the Medicare Shared Savings Program for the 2021 performance year, earning shared savings of $20.6 million at the maximum enhanced track...
States, other countries offer insights into making long-term care more affordable: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 21, 2023
No single approach to long-term care financing is ideal, but “approaches from within the United States and abroad offer insights into how healthcare systems and payment models can be leveraged or expanded...
Genesis Healthcare adds 38 former ProMedica SNFs to portfolio
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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.
REIT ownership linked to decline in RN staffing, increases in LPN, CNA use
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Nursing homes, after being purchased by a real estate investment trust, are likely to see increases in licensed practical nurse and certified nursing assistant staff hours per resident day of 2.15% and...
Private capital represents increasing share of senior housing investment: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 26, 2023
Institutional investors are making up a smaller share of senior housing buyers than in years past, according to JLL’s Valuation Advisory group’s sixth annual Seniors Housing Investor Survey and Outlook.
Christian Living Communities partners with state to train CNAs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 13, 2023
Denver-based Christian Living Communities has extended its signature mentorship program for certified nursing assistants to the state of Wisconsin.
SavaSeniorCare, Welltower, CareTrust divest from skilled nursing
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2023
SavaSeniorCare is set to transition the remaining five skilled nursing facilities in its portfolio to other operators by the end of January, in what seems to be a trend in long-term care that also involves...
Advocates urge governor to veto 3 ‘flawed’ bills penalizing use of overtime for nurses
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 26, 2022
Long-term care advocacy organizations are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to veto three bills related to the use of mandatory nurse overtime in nursing homes and home care agencies.