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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

Americans have a higher probability of needing skilled nursing care than previously thought, according to new research.

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.