2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (520+ words) Seven Democratic senators introduced a bill Thursday to reinstate nursing home staffing standards similar to the now-repealed staffing mandate. Led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, the Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (544+ words) The 3-day hospital stay rule " long opposed by nursing home providers " is linked to longer hospital stays without improving outcomes or reducing costs, according to a new study. Its reinstatement over the past two and a half years was associated…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (637+ words) congerdesign / pixabay | CC0 Navigating crumbling Medicaid rates, compliance challenges and slow-to-improve staffing can leave a lot of operators, especially nonprofits, backed into a corner. It can feel impossible for a nonprofit to preserve its mission when faced with either selling to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (690+ words) Building closer relationships with facility staff and health care partners of nursings homes, such as hospital providers and pharmacies, is going to be key for the sector as providers navigate new and old compliance challenges in 2026. And even though providers…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (384+ words) Nursing homes made noticeable workforce gains in 2025, with 40,700 jobs added, or an increase of 3,400 workers each month, while also continuing to reduce staff turnover and reliance on temporary agency workers, according to a report published by the American Health Care…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (473+ words) Senior care bankruptcy filings, including nursing homes, increased 18% year-over-year from 11 to 13 filings, accounting for about half of all health care filings alongside the pharmaceutical subsector. The trend for increased bankruptcies in senior care and pharmaceuticals runs counter to the case…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (263+ words) CMS Tightens Nursing Home SFF Selection, Citing Serious Falls Linked to Staffing'Skilled Nursing News The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a revised memo Wednesday to strengthen the Special Focus Facility (SFF) program, directing state survey agencies to place…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (958+ words) Nursing home leaders are rethinking not only how they operate but how they define opportunity heading into 2026. This is apparent from executives at nursing home organizations spanning various sizes and regions, who are serving as the Skilled Nursing News RETHINK…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (472+ words) PACS Group (NYSE: PACS) acquired the real estate of four skilled nursing facilities across California and Arizona. Meanwhile, its subsidiaries acquired the operations of three post-acute facilities totaling 230 beds. PACS Group announced that independently operated subsidiaries of the company have…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (236+ words) A Medicaid policy that incentivized greater staffing, with bonus reimbursements up to $38.68 per resident day and based on acuity-adjusted staffing levels, resulted in a 12.2% increase in nurse staffing compared to the baseline level. There's evidence to suggest the Illinois reform…...