Already struggling to overcome staffing shortages, a steady decline in reimbursements, and national concern over quality of care, the nursing home industry’s outlook also depends on it’s ability to navigate an increased need for home-based care. As the nation shifts to an emphasis on home-based care due to the ongoing COVID-19...National News
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a chronic understaffing issue for nursing home and long-term care facilities that existed long before the public health crisis. Now, facilities are not only struggling to hire and keep their staff, but concerns over quality of care, adequate pay, and the safety of the staff have put continuous...
Since COVID-19 reached the United States in early 2020, nursing homes have been at the center of the story. As the vaccine alleviates the threat of the virus, skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes are looking for ways to fix the problems the pandemic exposed.
According to the latest data reported by Kaiser Family...
Medicare Advantage (MA) and the support it receives from the Trump Administration causes difficulties for nursing home owners and skilled nursing facilities by effecting lengths of stay and making it more difficult for small business or individual home care providers to function under traditional Medicare by skewing...National News
On Thursday, the federal government introduced a new tool focused on giving skilled nursing a better database to exchange records between other members of the healthcare value chain.
Dubbed “Data Element Library,” (DEL) it is a “free, centralized resource” that allows the public to see and collect information and specific...