The payment landscape is evolving and Jonalyn Brown, Vice President of Operations at Consonus Rehab, sat down with Tim Mullaney of Skilled Nursing News to explain the value of strategic […]
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With the current workforce crisis, 96% of nursing homes are experiencing staffing and hiring challenges. As skilled nursing industry leaders push for new initiatives and launch resources to address the […]
While so many nursing home trends have been altered by the pandemic, one has interestingly stayed in line with pre-pandemic statistics: Medicare Advantage’s (MA) growth trajectory. MA is still expected […]
Some skilled nursing operators and industry advocates expected occupancy recovery from COVID-19 to occur by the end of 2021, but with the onset of the delta variant and staffing shortages […]
Steve Fogg, CFO of Marquis Companies and Consonus Healthcare, sits down with Skilled Nursing News to discuss how senior care organizations with diversified services lines are in a better position […]
While some long-term care pharmacies are struggling to stay afloat, others are thriving despite headwinds such as reduced reimbursements and coding challenges in the skilled nursing sector. Commoditization is one […]
For nursing home owners and operators, having frank conversations about residents’ end-of-life intentions, and organizing the associated paperwork proactively, is a potential way to avoid unwanted hospitalizations and the sizable […]
The new Medicare payment model for nursing homes took effect this week with a bang, as therapists across the nation criticized a wave of staffing reductions in the immediate wake […]
Among the many skilled nursing landmines — from a new Medicare payment system to underfunded Medicaid programs to a shifting regulatory landscape — providers would be wise not to ignore […]
In less than six months, a skilled nursing provider in the Pacific Northwest cut hospital readmissions by 60%, and its director of data analytics credits a novel pilot partnership with […]
When sitting down at the negotiating table, rehabilitation companies can often have an edge over the skilled nursing facilities where they provide services. This is especially true as providers take […]
Skilled nursing providers are adding value for managed care payors, and they need to be willing to tout it in contract negotiations, according to one executive. “[Managed care] is coming […]
A new partnership aims to give skilled nursing facilities a leg up in preventing readmissions by facilitating the transmission of patient data in as close to real time as possible. […]