Senior living residents live longer, access more health services … NY nursing home to pay up to $8.6M, make major reforms to resolve criminal fraud charges … Too many skilled nursing websites show...
Actions & Transactions, March 5
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 05, 2024
ESI arranges $10M sale of Dover, DE, skilled nursing facility … Ensign Group acquires SNF in Kansas, 2 in Colorado … Pennant adds 2 senior living communities in Utah … Ryan Companies completes senior...
Healthcare orgs urge federal intervention in the wake of cyberattack
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 04, 2024
Health orgs have asked the HHS office to address the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, which has caused problems for long-term care providers.
Too many skilled nursing websites show performance, access problems, audit warns
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 04, 2024
A majority of skilled nursing websites were rated as “needing improvement” as part a new audit of issues like connectivity and access.
Staffing shortages at nursing homes continue: report
Mar 01, 2024
Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague US nursing homes, a new government report finds.
‘Don’t panic — prepare,’ experts urge in ‘new era’ of health data
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2024
Long-term care operators who may think that more complex health data gathering will be important only at the end of this decade, or that it can somehow be evaded altogether, are in for a rude awakening.
Most FCA recoveries related to healthcare, attorney says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 29, 2024
The Justice Department recovered a record-breaking amount of settlements and judgments from False Claims Act cases last year, and most of those cases were related to healthcare cases — “like they...
New staffing calculator aims to help SNFs reduce agency use
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 29, 2024
Seattle-based CareListings has launched an online staffing calculator for operators of skilled nursing facilities, with the goal of leading them to reducing their dependency on agency staffing.
Legislation aims to increase scrutiny of private equity healthcare acquisitions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2024
Legislation introduced by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) in the Golden State would give the attorney general oversight of private equity...
Business briefs, Feb. 27
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2024
Proposed law would impose federal reporting requirements on assisted living providers … Feb. 29 is deadline to participate in professional liability study … Iowa lawmakers ponder $20 minimum wage for...