Long-term care infrastructure needs centralized access point for information: Experts
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2021
The United States needs a centralized access point for families to learn about long-term care options as well as Medicare and Medicaid, write Anne Tumlinson, David Grabowski, Ph.D., and Robert Kramer in...
After months of increases, SNF occupancy slowed in September: NIC report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 10, 2021
Reversing a seven-month trends, skilled nursing occupancy declined to 75.1% between August and September. That amounted to a 27 basis points downturn, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly...
Medicare revenue per patient day decline plateaued mid-summer: NIC MAP Vision
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 07, 2021
After a steady decline since January, Medicare revenue per patient day held steady month over month from June through the end of July, at $560, according to market trends data NIC MAP Vision published...
Injunction blocking CMS COVID vaccine mandate applies only to 14 states, appeals court says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2021
After a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction last week barring enforcement of a vaccine mandate for Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare facilities, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New...
SNF occupancy continues steady increases: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 06, 2021
The upward trend in skilled nursing occupancy continued month to month in the first quarter of 2021, according to the Skilled Nursing Monthly Report for April, published Friday by the National Investment...
SNF occupancy continued slow recovery through December, NIC says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 08, 2022
Skilled nursing facility occupancy in December 2021 hit its highest level since May 2020, according to data released Thursday by the NIC Skilled Nursing Data Initiative.
Skilled nursing occupancy increases are beginning to slow: NIC report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 12, 2021
Although skilled nursing occupancy increased for seven consecutive, NIC MAP data reported a slowdown in August in its November skilled nursing monthly report.
Demand for occupancy slows after months of increases
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 05, 2022
Demand for skilled nursing occupancy flattened in April after months of increases, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report released by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Citing staffing concerns, 2 governors ask for ‘relief’ from CMS vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2022
Republican governors Jim Justice of West Virginia and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia requested “relief” Monday in the form of broader exemptions from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ vaccine...
3 more states join lawsuit challenging CMS COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2021
Attorneys general in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio joined more than a dozen states last week in challenging the legality of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ mandate of COVID-19 vaccines for...