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.
Physician groups ‘concerned’ about bill to expand nonphysicians’ scope of practice in SNFs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2022
Seventy-six medical associations have expressed their opposition to pending legislation that would expand nonphysician practitioners’ scope of practice, including in nursing homes.
LTC ACO shares $20.6 million in savings with participating providers
By
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...
Employee contraceptive coverage would be ensured under proposed rule, even if employer objects on moral...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2023
A proposed rule from the Biden administration would allow women and covered dependents to obtain birth control at no cost under the Affordable Care Act, even if their employer-provided health insurance...
Skilled nursing occupancy hovering around 78 percent
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2022
Skilled nursing occupancy for July was 78.1%, virtually unchanged from the previous five months, according to a report released last week by the NIC MAP Data Service.
RN wages projected to grow more rapidly than wages for other professions, study finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2023
Registered nurse salaries are projected to increase over the next decade at a rate that surpasses the rate of increases for some other healthcare professions, according to the results of a recent study...
Effects of SCOTUS ruling in Talevski case could reach far beyond nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2023
Nursing homes under county or state control could see an explosion of lawsuits following a Thursday US Supreme Court ruling maintaining the right of nursing home residents and their survivors to sue in...
Growing need for care outside hospital is opportunity for senior living, skilled nursing providers, experts...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2023
About a third of the $4.4 trillion spent last year on healthcare in the United States was from the people over the age of 65, “and the estimate is that this group will represent half of all healthcare...
Annual nursing home, home healthcare spending more than double the recent rate of healthcare overall
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2022
Nursing home spending has increased 10.2% year over year; home healthcare, by 10.5%. released Friday. That’s nearly double the overall national health spending rate, which grew in August 2022 by 4.9%,...
SNF operators to continue to see profit margins shrink: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 23, 2023
Skilled nursing facilities operators should expect their profit margins to continue to shrink over the next four years, even as other segments of long-term care see modest gains. That’s according to...