Consulate Healthcare CEO: We’re ‘growing our own’ to rebuild the brand
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2024
After virtually exiting Florida, where it dominated the skilled nursing landscape before a series of regulatory and legal challenges, Consulate Healthcare is repositioning itself as a quality provider...
Also in the News for Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2024
State department of health rejects lawmakers’ pleas for nursing home receiver … VA rolls out in-room cameras for community living centers … EEOC elicits $68K settlement with nursing home in national...
For-profit nursing home owners rebut report that left few untarnished
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2024
A brutal takedown of private nursing home ownership published last week included both pointed and widespread attacks on the role of for-profit companies in the sector, adding to stakeholders’ fears that...
Also in the News for Monday, March 18, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2024
Senators challenge HHS leader on funding for nursing home staffing mandate … NIC releases industry sentiment measure … OIG adds audits of nursing home falls reporting, drug overdoses to work plan...
PACS reveals strategy behind its move to go public
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2024
PACS Group this week filed to become a publicly traded company, a move the giant long-term care company is promising will allow it to add to its explosive growth in coming years.
Also in the News for Friday, March 15, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2024
Duals Act of 2024 would create ‘integrated health plan’ for those eligible for Medicare and Medicaid … Nursing facilities rank high for total Medicaid Fraud Control convictions in 2023 … CMS issues...
BREAKING: PACS nursing home group files for public offering
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 14, 2024
PACS Group, a Utah-based nursing home operator that has quickly become one of the nation’s largest, filed the required paperwork Wednesday to become a public company.
Drug-dispensing workarounds, inexperienced nurses top safety concerns for 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 14, 2024
The use of electronic medication carts and other pharmacy technologies in long-term care has increased in recent years, but a new report out this week illustrates ongoing safety worries about the ability...
Also in the News for Thursday, March 14, 2024
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 14, 2024
County leaders join chorus of anti-staffing mandate voices … Missouri launches nursing home dashboard … HVAC suspected in nursing home fire that injured eight … Scientists create throat patch for...
Making job offers stick: Learn the hiring secrets of Health Dimensions Group’s Sarah Friede
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 13, 2024
In an era of would-be hires “ghosting” recruiters, Health Dimensions Group extended 189 offers last month and locked up contracts for 150 new workers — and got all of those new workers to the job...