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WEBNursing Home Assets Still Weighing Down Life Plan Communities Due to Staffing, Wage and Reimbursement. ‘Welcome Relief’: Fed Rate Cut Removes a Stumbling Block for Deal-Making in Nursing Home Sector Amid Occupancy Recovery. Skilled Nursing News is the leading source for news and information covering the skilled nursing industry.
Most Read Skilled Nursing Stories for 2021
WEBDec 21, 2021 — Several recurring topics crept up while chronicling Skilled Nursing News’ most-read stories of the year – occupancy, staffing, acquisitions and the industry’s place in value-based care – among others. Of course, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and subsequent mandate were top-of-mind the entire year as well. The Biden administration sought ...
Top Skilled Nursing Trends for 2023
WEBJan 2, 2023 — Economic uncertainty, staffing shortages, looming federal regulations, a new COVID variant and major changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) are just a few of the challenges facing the skilled nursing sector at the dawn of 2023.. But a new year is also a time for optimism. Favorable Medicaid policies, the growth of strong regional operators and opportunities to innovate are just some reasons to ...
‘A Turbulent Time’: Inside Tackling Clinical Risks from Rising Acuity ...
WEBAug 23, 2024 — The rising acuity at nursing homes alongside increasingly stringent government regulation, is raising operational risk – and litigation – leaving facilities “overwhelmed” in its wake.
Nursing Homes Beat Siloed Care, Reduce ... - Skilled Nursing News
WEBJan 31, 2023 — Nazir is a proponent of a “Care Hub” model that has proven to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations by 30%, he told SNN. Such results are critical particularly as more managed care organizations continue to become more prominent payers for …
Regulatory Reform, Quality of Life: The Top Nursing Home Trends …
WEBJan 4, 2021 — Regulatory Reform, Quality of Life: The Top Nursing Home Trends of 2021. Each January, SNN tries to predict the top trends that will sweep the industry for the coming 12 months. , a year that began with the looming specter of clawbacks related to the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), further Medicaid strain, and the potential over-extension ...
Most-Read Skilled Nursing News Stories of 2022
WEBDec 15, 2022 — Image by brotiN biswaS, courtesy Pexels. It’s fitting that the most-read Skilled Nursing News story of 2022 was about rethinking the MDS coordinator role, because this article combines two themes that dominated the year: staffing and payment. Much SNN coverage this year focused on the extent of the staffing crisis, initiatives to overcome ...
Executive Outlook 2022: Nursing Homes Need to ... - Skilled Nursing News
WEBJan 4, 2022 — Nursing homes have long been seen as the place where elderly Medicare and Medicaid patients spend their final years, but as these institutions look to evolve post-COVID, their role in the long-term care continuum continues to expand.
For Nursing Homes, I-SNPs Remain ‘Only Model ... - Skilled Nursing News
WEBJun 1, 2021 — It’s an option that comes with challenges for operators who decide to launch their own plans, but it also allows them more control — both over the continuum of care for patients and of their destinies more broadly.. And moving into I-SNPs could be one of the only ways SNFs survive in a health care landscape shifting to focus on outcomes and value.
The Perfect Storm: Nursing Home Industry Outlook ... - Skilled …
WEBJul 21, 2022 — Consulting firms in the skilled nursing space are getting a better snapshot of the labor market as data continues to pour in, and the outlook remains bleak – dwindling workforce numbers are running up against increased average cost of …
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