Private-equity ownership leads to more resident deaths and increased spending at nursing homes, study...
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Amy Novotney
Feb 25, 2021
An increase in resident deaths and an uptick in spending on non-patient care are just two outcomes often observed when private equity firms acquire nursing homes, according to a new working paper published...
Supply of post-acute care facilities continued decline last year: MedPAC report
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Amy Novotney
Jul 21, 2020
The nation’s supply of inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities continued to decline in 2019, contracting by 1.5%, 3.9% and 0.8%, respectively. That’s...
Investors still buying in skilled nursing — often at rates higher than before the pandemic
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Amy Novotney
Jan 29, 2021
Pricing for skilled nursing units has remained relatively steady despite the fact that many beds are empty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Skilled nursing, assisted living facilities top OSHA’s COVID-19 violators list
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Amy Novotney
Oct 08, 2020
Almost 40 businesses have been cited for workplace violations related to COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and nearly all of them have been healthcare companies, including skilled nursing and assisted...
Nursing home firms snag high-powered lobbyists
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Amy Novotney
Aug 18, 2020
An analysis published in the New York Times Sunday examined the efforts of some of the country’s largest nursing home companies to assemble lobbyists to help advocate for protection against lawsuits,...
COVID-19 pushed SNF occupancy below 75% in June: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Sep 14, 2020
June occupancy rates for skilled nursing properties hit a new record low of 74.8% in June. But the general downturn may be stabilizing, according to a report from the National Investment Center for Seniors...
Pandemic turnover study aims to give providers better options for recruitment and retention
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Amy Novotney
Oct 05, 2020
Turnover rates among nursing home workers have increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. Although these workers are particularly vulnerable...
Town’s only nursing facility converting to ALF, as national study finds ‘dangerously low’ occupancy...
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Amy Novotney
Dec 03, 2020
Amid deteriorating finances that don’t allow for much-needed building infrastructure updates, the only skilled nursing facility in the town of Norton, MA, will be closing by early next year and will...
Feds’ financial incentives left nursing homes vulnerable to outbreaks: analysis
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Amy Novotney
Dec 01, 2020
The nursing home business has long relied on federal support, mostly though the Medicare and Medicaid systems, but an analysis published Friday in the Washington Post explores how this reliance left many...
Parkinson: Skilled nursing still amid business nightmare
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Amy Novotney
Feb 03, 2021
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be rolled out at skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities nationwide, the “clinical nightmare” soon will be in the long-term care industry’s rearview...