Market report predicts 7.74% SNF growth over 5 years … End of extra SNAP benefits expected to push some Medicaid patients back to nursing homes … End-stage renal disease patients have flocked to Medicare...
Q&A: Maryland SNF joins ‘transformative’ palliative care study
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 07, 2022
Meadow Park in Catonsville, MD, will receive a $15,000 grant and gain the support of study partners in a palliative care program that it says will help change how the long-term care industry provides advanced...
Also in the News for Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Oct 27, 2022
Deer knocks down nurse in Illinois nursing home … Shuttered Maine nursing home that tried to reopen as SNF now shifts focus to residential care … Study validates use of one-minute questionnaire given...
As seniors’ presence in nursing homes drops, young people with disabilities stuck with few alternatives:...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2022
Younger nursing home residents, despite dramatically different needs than their older counterparts, have been overlooked by existing efforts to deinstitutionalize care, according to a study published in...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Oct 04, 2022
Ahead of Friday’s SNF TNA job-loss deadline, AHCA/NCAL urges CMS to re-issue blanket waiver … Study examines how LTC facility staff understand discrimination by residents and why staff fail to report...
With ‘focus on the fundamentals,’ SNFs can remain financially viable despite industry headwinds
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 22, 2022
Skilled nursing operators’ No. 1 priority should be to “focus on the fundamentals of what makes a SNF successful” to remain financially viable despite the sector’s ongoing COVID-19-related operational...
Nursing homes become ‘high-risk,’ owners to be fingerprinted under new doc pay rule proposal
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2022
Nursing home owners could face heightened background screening requirements under a proposal tucked more than 1,000 pages into a huge new proposed physician pay rule released Thursday.
Call for tougher SNF licensing rules loses support
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2022
A measure aimed at strengthening California’s licensing requirements for potential buyers of skilled nursing facilities has begun to lose steam among some lawmakers following changes that reshaped the...
SNF need greater than thought
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 06, 2017
Americans have a higher probability of needing skilled nursing care than previously thought, according to new research.
Average SNF patient paid $3,400 when ineligible for Medicare, AARP report finds
By
John Hall
Apr 20, 2015
New AARP research reveals that the use of hospital “observation” status is having a substantial impact on out-of-pocket healthcare costs and follow-up care decisions for many Medicare beneficiaries.