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.
Nursing home staffing mandate puts assisted living communities at risk of losing workers, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2023
Assisted living communities are at risk of losing staff members following the first-ever proposed federal staffing mandate for nursing homes, released Friday, according to senior living experts.
Feds to investigate overuse of antipsychotic drugs by nursing homes
Jan 18, 2023
US health officials are cracking down on the inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs to sedate patients in nursing homes.
SNFs leased from REITs score higher in CMS quality measure ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2023
Skilled nursing properties that are leased from real estate investment trusts are likely to have better quality measure ratings for long-stay residents compared with properties that are leased from entities...
Skilled nursing occupancy hovering around 78 percent
By
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.
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...
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%,...
‘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.”
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...
Skilled nursing seniors support VR with eye-popping enthusiasm, latest study shows
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 20, 2023
New study results show that seniors in SNFs believe using VR tech overwhelmingly helped address feelings of loneliness and social isolation.