Ensign Group announces increased revenues; plans to return $23M in relief funds
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 30, 2020
San Juan Capistrano, CA-based Ensign Group announced an adjusted net income of $43.7 million in the third quarter of 2020, a 94.5% year-over-year gain, according to the firm’s earnings release Wednesday....
HHS to issue reporting requirements for provider relief funds
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 27, 2020
Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a notice acknowledging that more detailed Provider Relief Fund reporting guidance and materials will be released on Aug. 17. In the short,...
Home health discharge rates improve but hospitalizations increase over five-year period: MedPAC report
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 21, 2021
Home healthcare providers did a better job releasing patients into the community, but at the same time, slightly more patients were admitted to hospitals from home healthcare
PACE provider urges Michigan legislature to overturn home-care restrictions
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 18, 2020
Denver-based InnovAge, the largest Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly provider, is advocating that the Michigan legislature pass a bill that would allow it to petition the Michigan Department...
On-site service coordinator benefits seniors housing residents: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 20, 2015
The availability of an on-site service coordinator at federally subsidized seniors housing reduced hospital admissions among residents by 18%, according to a new study.
The two big C’s in home care
By
Liza Berger
Aug 06, 2021
Not surprisingly, two big issues dominated the first live home care conference in months: the Choose Home Care Act and the coronavirus.
Biden’s day 1 pandemic plan promising for HCBS, home care leader says
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 25, 2021
Home care providers were pleased to learn that the new administration’s pandemic preparedness plan offers a nod to home care for older adults.
Pressures mount for staffing agencies accused of price gouging long-term care operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
While senior living and other long-term care leaders are being joined by other healthcare groups, and even members of Congress, to call for federal action against price-gouging by temporary staffing agencies,...
Operator of 8 NJ nursing homes faces charges of labor law violations from union
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2021
The largest healthcare union in the United States has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Toms River, NJ-based Complete Care Management for alleged violations of federal labor...
Lawmakers should force private equity firms out of nursing homes, advises one think tank
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2021
A “worrisome trend” of private equity investment in nursing homes should be scrutinized and halted altogether within five years, asserts a left-leaning think tank in an issue brief released Friday.