With income margins decimated by Medicare and Medicaid cuts and access to capital strangled, skilled nursing facilities will be unable to care for the nation’s booming senior population unless changes...
Nursing homes throwing money around
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 11, 2012
Even in generosity, it seems, nursing homes can’t catch a break. The headlines imply as much.
Providers enter plea for share of Medicaid funds as governors struggle with increasing obligations
Mar 01, 2011
Long-term care providers delivered an impassioned, carefully constructed argument for stable Medicaid funding Monday as the National Governors Association winter meeting closed on a loud note. The expiration...
Quality improvements in nursing homes, rehab facilities right on track, new report says
Sep 29, 2009
Nursing home quality improvement efforts over the last few years have largely met their goals, according to a new report examining quality trends in the nation’s nursing homes. The report, which...