Parkinson: Skilled nursing still amid business nightmare
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Amy Novotney
Feb 03, 2021
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be rolled out at skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities nationwide, the “clinical nightmare” soon will be in the long-term care industry’s rearview...
Pandemic turnover study aims to give providers better options for recruitment and retention
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Amy Novotney
Oct 05, 2020
Turnover rates among nursing home workers have increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. Although these workers are particularly vulnerable...
Nursing home firms snag high-powered lobbyists
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Amy Novotney
Aug 18, 2020
An analysis published in the New York Times Sunday examined the efforts of some of the country’s largest nursing home companies to assemble lobbyists to help advocate for protection against lawsuits,...
Over the past four years, New Jersey-based Portopiccolo Group has been building a nursing-home portfolio rivaling some of the nation’s largest chains. The firm acquired its first skilled nursing facility...
Maryland announces plan to stop funding nursing home COVID-19 testing, prompting industry outcry
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Amy Novotney
Jul 30, 2020
Costs related to coronavirus testing forced Maryland state leaders to peg August 15 as the date the state will no longer be able to pick up the tab for mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing of nursing home...
Debates arise over who should foot the bill for nursing home worker testing
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Amy Novotney
Jun 10, 2020
Regular COVID-19 testing of nursing home staff, who are the most likely to introduce the virus to a facility and spread it to residents, has been sanctioned by experts as one of the most important ways...
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...
Moody’s describes turmoil many operators are experiencing
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Amy Novotney
May 18, 2020
The combination of higher costs to protect residents and an inability to generate incremental revenue through new admissions due to the coronavirus pandemic is placing many senior living communities and...
Financial incentives might tempt facilities to admit infected residents: LA Times
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Amy Novotney
May 05, 2020
In an industry devastated by the coronavirus, some patient advocates and industry experts fear nursing home operators may seek to take advantage of the premium pay offered for admitting COVID-19-positive...
Bloomberg: Coronavirus may end America’s embrace of retirement communities and nursing homes
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Amy Novotney
Apr 22, 2020
An editorial in Bloomberg Tuesday explored the largely voluntary movement over the past century in the United States toward herding people over the age of 65 into special communities built around their...