Fee-for-service skilled nursing utilization stable but still below pre-pandemic levels
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2024
National fee-for-service skilled nursing facility utilization has been stable year over year from the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of this year, but utilization remains 2 percentage points...
Spending on nursing homes, home care slows year over year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2024
Between May 2023 and May 2024, overall healthcare costs grew by 3.4%, the fastest increase seen since December 2007, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Wednesday.
Business briefs, April 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 01, 2024
Higher interest rates mean less access to capital for senior living: NIC … CMS proposes 4.1% nursing homes pay boost … Assisted living rates up 0.6 to 3.8% … American Society on Aging, Next50 launch...
Kansas providers may face fee hike after audit reveals many wrongly paid cut-rate assessments
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2024
Continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes in Kansas could face additional scrutiny — and in some cases, higher fees — after a recent audit from the Kansas Medicaid inspector general’s...
With projected Fed decreases, investor confidence is rising
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 21, 2024
The past few years have been challenging on debt markets in real estate, particularly in the senior living and care market, but a “boost in investor confidence” is occurring now, according to Jason...
Nursing homes struggle with tighter reimbursement environment, expert says
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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.
Long-term care mergers and acquisitions increase year over year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2024
Mergers and acquisitions involving senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities increased by 34% year over year in the first quarter, according to data from LevinPro LTC.
‘Nothing less than a crisis’ as 45 percent of SNFs cite serious financial issues in AHCA survey
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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.”
Rate growth slows for SNFs, home care
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 17, 2024
Rates for both nursing home care and home healthcare grew more slowly in March than in February, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Tuesday.
Federal government to investigate private equity’s influence on nursing homes, HCBS, home health
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Health and Human Services Department have announced plans to jointly investigate private equity’s influence on healthcare.