Special needs plans (SNPs) may be overhauled through streamlining or potentially by combining the various plans types. The ...

Job growth at skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) essentially stayed unchanged in August compared to a month ago, ...

While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) bid to make resident satisfaction a mandatory part of federal ...

Nursing homes that can successfully balance their nurse hours per patient day (HPRD), overtime and agency use consistently see stronger quality outcomes ...

Nursing home validation audits so far show MDS coding gaps tied to insufficient or missing documentation, often because of ...

As Caring Place Healthcare Group faced a skilled nursing industry that was growing more and more technical and specific, they ...

Nursing homes would be wise to establish protocols – and comment on a certain proposed rule – to safeguard themselves from ...

With greater scrutiny of case-mix growth and coding, nursing homes should be strengthening documentation. Moreover, operators ...

Survey changes, value-based care and other regulatory updates are shaping how operators hire and build clinical teams. As regulatory priorities shift and ...

PACS Group (NYSE: PACS) on Tuesday announced the acquisition of operations at 32 skilled nursing facilities across Florida, which will be leased from ...

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR) announced Wednesday the appointment of Aric Chang as its chief financial officer, effective October 1, ...

More states are imposing new laws to add oversight of private equity (PE) in healthcare, including nursing homes. As a result, the number of ...