Owners of nearly half of Indiana’s nursing homes sued over refusal to share financial information
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2022
A new lawsuit alleges that eight Indiana hospitals — owners of 250 of the state’s 527 nursing homes — are violating state open record laws by withholding information on extra public funding doled…
Four caregivers have settled a nearly 3-year-old class action race discrimination lawsuit against a now-shuttered New Jersey nursing home plagued by a host of problems, including COVID-19 outbreaks and…
Researcher: Target funding to address potentially harmful staffing disparities
By
John Hall
Aug 11, 2022
Staffing shortages may be ravaging nursing homes around the country, but the losses may be especially harmful in poorer areas, with fewer qualified clinicians leading to a greater likelihood of poor outcomes,…
Also in the News for Thursday, Aug. 11
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2022
Invesque could be 100% senior living by year’s end … Aspire Nursing Homes hit by EEOC suit over sexual orientation discrimination … Twenty year nursing home employee mad about bonuses charged in…
Major nursing home association urges COVID emergency extension, revised guidance
By
John Hall
Aug 10, 2022
The nation’s largest nursing home group has requested the federal government extend the current public health emergency declaration as providers continue their fight against emerging COVID variants.
Provider legal woes mount as push for staffing minimums and accountability builds
By
John Hall
Aug 10, 2022
Two embattled nursing homes were in court this week facing healthcare fraud charges in a case that might illustrate a potentially more fraught legal future for anyone caught trying to get around staffing…
NHI’s skilled nursing ‘resilience’ bolstered by Ensign, National HealthCare
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 10, 2022
The performance of key skilled nursing operators National HealthCare Corporation and Ensign Group buoyed National Health Investors’ second-quarter stats, even as the real estate investment trust continued…
Meet Lynn Weidner, 2022 Spirit Award winner
By
C. Max Bachmann
Aug 10, 2022
Editor’s Note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are profiling the McKnight’s 2022 Women of Distinction honorees daily July 5 through Aug. 10….
Also in the News for Aug. 10
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 10, 2022
State of staffing crisis worsens in hard-hit Wisconsin … Nurses sue over too-real active shooter drill … Nunziato named senior director at Health Care Council of Illinois
Meet Carol Silver Elliott, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
C. Max Bachmann
Aug 10, 2022
Editor’s Note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are profiling the McKnight’s 2022 Women of Distinction honorees daily July 5 through Aug. 10….
CLA’s Deb Emerson on staffing mandates and ‘wishful thinking’
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 09, 2022
In this Newsmakers Podcast, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News staff writer Danielle Brown sits down with Deb Emerson, principal at accounting and consulting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. They discuss CLA’s…
Grim long-term care forecast: 4 more years until workforce recovers if help doesn’t arrive
By
John Hall
Aug 09, 2022
Despite reports of recent monthly gains in the number of long-term care employees, full recovery of the workforce could drag on until 2026 without substantive new assistance. That’s according to a report…
Feds: 8 bilked system for $150M, took nursing home residents’ genetic matter
By
John Hall
Aug 09, 2022
Federal authorities indicted eight business people in a sweeping case of alleged Medicare and Medicaid fraud involving a genetic testing firm and three marketing companies.
Arizona tops list of nation’s ‘best’ nursing homes: poll
By
John Hall
Aug 09, 2022
A popular rating website says Arizona’s high nursing home quality scores and sheer number of facilities help make it the best state in the US for long-term care in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Meet Bryanna Wegner, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Nicole Blanchard
Aug 09, 2022
Editor’s Note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are profiling the McKnight’s 2022 Women of Distinction honorees daily July 5 through Aug. 11….
Meet Wendy Schrag, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Nicole Blanchard
Aug 09, 2022
Editor’s Note: McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are profiling the McKnight’s 2022 Women of Distinction honorees daily July 5 through Aug. 10….
Also in the News for Aug. 9
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 09, 2022
Appeals court denies COVID-19 wrongful death suits under federal immunity protection law …Pressure injuries found in 11% of SNF stroke rehab patients … Netsmart acquires Zimmet’s Core Analytics ……
Signature HealthCare’s Barbara Revelette on redesigning care delivery one role at a time
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2022
Amid a nationwide staffing shortage, Signature HealthCare has undertaken a major effort to redesign care delivery, an effort Chief Nursing Operator Barabara Revelette, RN, MSN, says benefits caregivers…
State offers $3,000 bonuses to grow healthcare workforce by 20 percent
By
John Hall
Aug 08, 2022
Nursing home employees and other healthcare workers will soon benefit after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced the launch of the Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus program.
Scrutiny of nursing home corporate ownership fires up again on multiple fronts
By
John Hall
Aug 08, 2022
Long-simmering discontent with what some lawmakers and many consumer advocates see as cagey nursing home corporate ownership arrangements erupted again Friday.
