» Senior Living Investment Brokerage coordinated the sale of two Tennessee skilled nursing communities in December. The communities have a total of 176 beds and are located in Mount Pleasant and Lenoir City, TN. The seller was identified only as a regional real estate owner concentrating its efforts in continuing care retirement communities. The buyer…
The Regenstrief Institute, an organization dedicated to technological innovation in healthcare, is investing in Indiana-based medical startup Care Revolution to expand an ongoing project funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Innovation.
Can you comment on the Patient Driven Payment Model’s flexibility? Facilities might reduce traditional therapy while adding group/social exercise classes and then have therapists guiding the curriculum there.
As technology use continues to evolve in long-term care, providers must always keep resident needs in mind while also staying focused on data privacy and security. It’s also an increasingly crucial part of staff retention, a top technology emphasizes.
After three years, the case of former long-term care mogul Philip Esformes has ended with a financial penalty that matches the personal level of enrichment gained in a massive fraud scheme.
Nebraska — The closure of more than a dozen nursing homes throughout the state of Nebraska in 2019 is causing an “economic ripple effect” on nearby towns, according to community members.
Idaho — The leader of Idaho’s Medicaid division has proposed a temporary cut in hospital and nursing home reimbursements following the governor’s request that all state agencies cut 1% from their current budgets.
Massachusetts — An initiative to increase funding for Massachusetts nursing homes is closer to being on the ballot in 2020.
The onset of the Patient Driven Payment Model may be driving some providers to admit more clinically complex residents, but that might not be the most lucrative strategy, according to new research.
A skilled nursing facility that failed to send a 92-year-old resident to the hospital for fall treatment has been hit with a nearly $357,000 settlement by an arbitrator.
