Providers find few silver linings, stew over minimum staffing demands
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 05, 2023
The initial jolt of the newly proposed nursing home staffing mandate has softened little over the long holiday weekend and now those tasked with making it work — providers — are coming to grips with...
Skilled nursing angst, grit emerge after PHE end date announced
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2023
Nursing home leaders were scrambling to understand the full implications of the newly announced end to the public health emergency while also making plans to fight the return of some less flexible conditions.
Sabra gives discounts to steer 24 facilities to Ensign, Avamere
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 09, 2022
Sabra Health Care REIT made waves Monday when it announced it is moving 24 skilled nursing from one tenant to two others.
Sabra Healthcare REIT’s operators are beginning to see occupancy rebound as staff members start coming back in “droves,” after slightly declining through the end of 2021 due to the rise of the omicron...
Sabra operators eyeing vaccine mandate as workforce threat or recruiting tool
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 05, 2021
While just 40% of operators running facilities in the Sabra Health Care REIT issued a self-imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the company reported on Thursday that 80% of its operators’ overall workforce...
Labor issues the ‘biggest challenge’ for Sabra, occupancy recovery
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 06, 2021
Labor pains worsened by pandemic conditions could threaten positive strides made in occupancy by skilled nursing operators under the Sabra Health Care REIT umbrella, warned the company’s top executive...
HHS slow rolling long-term care on remaining Provider Relief Funds; industry demands action
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 14, 2021
Long-term care stakeholders are growing increasingly frustrated while waiting for the remaining billions of dollars in the Provider Relief Fund to be distributed by the federal government.
Matros predicts CMS will take phased approach to PDPM cuts
By
Danielle Brown
May 07, 2021
Sabra Health Care REIT CEO and Chairman Rick Matros predicted Thursday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will take a temperate approach if it hits skilled nursing operators with a reimbursement...
Sabra CEO squashes enthusiasm for home health upending skilled nursing, despite pandemic trends
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2021
Executives with Sabra Health Care REIT don’t expect some stakeholders’ recent shift of focus from skilled nursing to home care to be a permanent change for the long-term care industry.
SNFs need more coronavirus testing to move toward normalization, Sabra CEO Matros says
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 09, 2020
Effective and rapid COVID-19 testing — and not just a vaccine — will put skilled nursing facilities back on a path toward normalization after being ravaged by the public health crisis, according to...