14+ hour, 55+ min ago  (313+ words) Credit to my colleague Jim Berklan for his clear-eyed take on last Thursday's PACS Group earnings call." He nailed the headline numbers. But what stuck with me after reading his story was something quieter, something bigger: a change in the…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (672+ words) Federal regulators have thrown nursing homes in several states a short funding lifeline, but operators will still lose millions of dollars starting next year thanks to the phaseout of provider taxes on managed care organizations. While nursing home provider taxes…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (575+ words) Civil monetary penalties can significantly reduce provider margins, increase short-term debt and threaten fiscal stability " especially when they strip providers of the equivalent of a full day's operating expenses or more. Those are the conclusions of a new study reviewing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (384+ words) Nursing homes that raise caregiver wages to stay competitive need help from both industry stakeholders and rulemakers in order to stay "financially viable" in the short run, researchers say. A $1 increase in hourly registered nurse wages was associated with a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (262+ words) About 2.9 million people, or an estimated 1 in 10 Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees, will be disenrolled from their plans in 2026, according to a February research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association." This included 752,091 plan county observations representing 192,675,082 enrollee-years…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (678+ words) While Sabra Health Care REIT has lessened its appetite for skilled nursing lately, its reshaping of that majority slice of its portfolio remains notably upbeat. Company leaders outlined a tempered skilled-nursing investment strategy in skilled care during Friday's fourth-quarter earnings…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (500+ words) MIAMI " The official overseeing a federal lending program critical to skilled nursing providers promises more changes are coming to speed up loan applications and processing. After attacking a significant review backlog last year and creating a new fast-track program for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1055+ words) Editor's note: Second in a two-part series. As many smaller providers have exited the market in recent years, some of the nation's largest nursing homes chains have benefited by picking up buildings and beds that give them entry" into critical…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago  (1198+ words) Editor's note: First of a two-part series. An updated list of the nation's largest nursing home chains reveals a new order " literally and operationally " among today's top providers, many of whom embrace robust local leadership models and view a concentrated…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (509+ words) Attorneys general in 18 states have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reconsider its repeal of the nursing home staffing mandate and to recast a rule focused on for-profit providers. CMS in December issued an interim final rule revoking…...