Skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities should receive equal payments for treating some conditions, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission proposed in its latest report to...
Housing & Healthcare Finance advises on $940M loan for Deutsche Bank
Jul 01, 2014
Housing & Healthcare Finance has advised on a $940 million loan for Deutsche Bank involving 167 skilled nursing facilities in 19 states, with significant concentrations in Colorado, Maryland, Michigan,...
Thorofare Capital arranges $9M loan for CA facilities
Jul 01, 2014
Thorofare Capital has arranged a $9 million short-term loan for a Los Angeles-based healthcare operator to refinance two of its LA-based skilled nursing facilities. The financing was used to fund nearly...
Medicare should pay skilled nursing facilities and rehab facilities equally for certain treatments, MedPAC...
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 16, 2014
Skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities should receive the same payments for treating certain conditions, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended in its latest report...
New exchange technologies promise safer transitions to long-term care facilities
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Nam Nguyen
May 29, 2014
Long-term care facilities strive to provide each patient personalized care. Comprehensive care plans, honoring patient preferences and tailoring services to patients are critical aspects to achieving the...
Dual eligibles more likely to go from hospitals to lower quality nursing homes, referral process might...
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Tim Mullaney
May 27, 2014
People eligible both for Medicare and Medicaid go to lower-quality nursing homes after being hospitalized at a rate higher than Medicare-only patients, according to researchers from Brown and Harvard universities.
Hospitals object to collecting their own data as part of post-acute reform, urge revisions to draft legislation
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Tim Mullaney
May 15, 2014
Hospitals should not be required to collect patient assessment data as part of an effort to revamp post-acute care, the leader of the American Hospital Association argued in a recent letter to top Congressional...
Managed care experts wanted
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Tim Mullaney
May 01, 2014
Skilled nursing facilities could take major hits to their bottom lines unless a coordinator is on top of managed care contracts, a prominent healthcare consultant said last month at the American College...
People with dementia are 20% more likely to be rehospitalized, antipsychotic use increases risk, researchers...
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Tim Mullaney
Apr 30, 2014
Seniors are more likely to be rehospitalized within 30 days of discharge if they have dementia, and the risk increases if they are taking an antipsychotic medication, according to recently published research...
Skilled nursing edges toward 90% occupancy, absorption rate makes first gain in nearly a decade, NIC...
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Tim Mullaney
Apr 14, 2014
Skilled nursing facilities’ occupancy rate continued to tick up in the first three months of 2014, while absorption flipped into positive territory for the first time in almost a decade, according...