While Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown steadily in the last several years, leaders in the nursing home sector speculate whether increased federal regulation – and perhaps even more importantly, ...

Hospital systems that had high telemedicine usage during the Covid-19 pandemic also had higher skilled nursing facility spending, compared to health systems with lower telemedicine usage in that time ...

Privately owned real estate and private equity firm Pacifica Companies has added more than 560 skilled nursing beds to its portfolio in the $180.5 million acquisition of a 15-community portfolio from ...

With Medicare Advantage penetration on the rise, one industry leader recently described his concerns around MA rates for skilled nursing providers as a “race to the bottom.” That comment came from ...

Robert W. Hurlbut, president of Hurlbut Care Communities, knows a thing or two about battling burnout among his workers. Paying staff well along with flexibility of work schedules and retaining a ...

Privately owned real estate and private equity firm Pacifica Companies has added more than 560 skilled nursing beds to its portfolio in the $180.5 million acquisition of a 15-community portfolio from ...

In light of the upcoming nursing home staffing mandate, industry leaders are concerned about how the measure will be enforced. And, they’re still trying to cope with what they describe as a punitive ...

An activist investor of National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has called for changes to the real estate investment trust’s (REIT’s) board of directors , ahead of lease negotiations with one of the ...

Federal lawmakers have introduced the Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act, in conjunction with a hearing that took place Tuesday, hosted by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. The bill, if ...

Skilled nursing facilities are set to see changes to the Quality Reporting Program (QRP), with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) making moves to address social determinants of health ...

The proposed minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes has left the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and is now pending final approval. According to the OMB calendar, several industry ...

Evans Senior Investments (ESI) recently orchestrated the stock sale of a dual-property skilled nursing portfolio in southwest Louisiana to Tutera Senior Living and Healthcare, which will operate the ...