14+ hour, 35+ min ago   (547+ words) By all accounts, the past handful of years have exposed rampant worker shortages plaguing many, if not most, skilled nursing operators. And things figure to only get more challenging." Unless more providers emulate Riverside Post Acute in Jacksonville, FL, that…...

20+ hour, 12+ min ago   (280+ words) A survey of more than 300 home care respondents across the United States has identified several key trends shaping the industry, with the most notable findings centered on economic pressures that are expected to continue into the future. For the third…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (567+ words) Less than two months after they put a lengthy compliance investigation behind them, PACS Group executives took to the stage at the country's largest healthcare investment conference to lay out their transformational plans for the skilled nursing sector. Murray's presentation…...

3+ day, 2+ min ago   (438+ words) US nursing homes have lost 5% of their operating capacity since 2020, according to a new study that looks beyond bed counts to understand why providers have had to limit admissions. While the number of skilled nursing beds declined 2.5% between 2019 and 2024 due…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (552+ words) Being more strategic about roommate assignments could lower 90-day mortality rates in nursing homes by more than 5% without necessarily increasing costs, economists behind a new working paper have found. But the rub lies in the fact that what's good for…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (432+ words) Bipartisan legislators introduced HR6799, the BRIDGE for Young-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act of 2025 on Wednesday. "A diagnosis of young-onset Alzheimer's is devastating enough " families shouldn't be forced to wait months for the care they need now," said the bill's sponsor Rep Young…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (572+ words) If future historians discover a time capsule revealing the most captivating skilled nursing issues of 2025, dominant themes will jump out. Perhaps even more powerful than stakeholders realized while living through them in real time. Three of the year's 10 most popular…...

1+ mon, 41+ min ago   (551+ words) Making the time between nursing home inspections less predictable and more erratically spaced could better protect patients, potentially saving 12% more lives, a new study finds. Providers currently can expect to be surveyed roughly once a year. Research published by the…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (523+ words) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is again postponing skilled nursing facilities" mandatory off-cycle revalidation deadline " this time indefinitely, according to sources. This is the fourth postponement of a deadline for nursing home owners to provide newly expanded, complicated ownership…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (744+ words) Congress" Medicare advisory committee has made it clear that much still needs to be done to bring alignment to post-acute care regulatory and payment matters. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members offered a variety of recommendations and research wishes in response…...