Benchmarks show nursing homes have room to grow using these strategies
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 09, 2024
During a period of heightened demand and risk for long-term care providers, a new report highlights sector trends and the strategies nursing homes should pursue to stay healthy.
Gripped by uncertainty, skilled nursing providers just keep breathing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2024
Uncertainty may very well be the defining outlook for skilled nursing providers in 2024. At the very least, it was the theme that dominated our annual survey attempting to capture your attitudes heading...
Plenty of space and still a ‘tight squeeze’ for new construction in skilled nursing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 13, 2023
Ciena Healthcare, owner and operator of 83 nursing homes in five states, is breaking into the healthcare “resort” category with the opening of a 95,000 square foot, $32 million building in the Detroit...
Skilled nursing leader’s Medicare exclusion upheld after 3 avoidable deaths due to short staffing
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 05, 2023
A federal judge rejected a skilled nursing executive’s appeal to overturn his 15-year exclusion from Medicare, ruling that his staffing decisions were a “straightforward” obstacle to routine checks...
Also in the News for Thursday, Nov. 16
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 16, 2023
OIG pledges fresh audit of nursing home payroll-based staffing data … Senate hearing explores making Medicare telehealth benefits permanent … Ziegler pinpoints 900 not-for-profit sales/mergers since...
Provider, union creatively team to offset workforce shortages
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Nov 15, 2023
Long-term care’s worker shortages are leading to creative solutions and new partnerships in western New York, where a skilled nursing company is working with its local union and an education cooperative...
McKnight’s ‘Mood of the Market’ survey needs your thoughts
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 28, 2023
Responses are now being collected for the 2023 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey, the unique, award-winning project that gauges the feelings of top long-term care managers. Skilled nursing owners,...
Warm handoffs, cool tech help providers smooth transitions: expert
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2023
With quality metrics increasingly driven by patient satisfaction, the urgency of smoothly transitioning patients from one care setting to another is ratcheting up for both skilled nursing and home health...
Potential staff mandate costs rocket upward when latest wages factored in
By
Joe Bush
Dec 16, 2022
The projected costs of meeting a possible nursing home staffing mandate have skyrocketed by $1.3 billion over the last five months, a report issued Thursday by accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen on behalf...
There’s often a wide gap between what managers think today’s healthcare workers want and what’s truly in demand, differences that can lead to dissatisfaction and hinder recruitment efforts.