Attorney General Letitia James (won a preliminary injunction that requires a nursing home company accused of committing more than $83 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud to pay for an independent financial...
Long-term care workforce problems worsening for many, AHCA poll reveals
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2023
A third of skilled nursing providers report their workforce situation has worsened since late last year, with more than three-quarters still relying on high-cost agency staff or overtime to fill vacant...
BREAKING: Good Samaritan Society to exit 15 states, trim capacity by 30 percent
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 13, 2023
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of skilled nursing beds, plans to exit 15 states and reduce its patient and resident count by roughly 30% as it consolidates...
Donated scarves keep residents warm in many ways
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Joe Bush
Jan 03, 2023
There are many reasons a simple scarf has touched Dolores Lowell so deeply. A resident of Good Samaritan Society’s New Hope location, Lowell will use the scarf to keep warm, of course, but she’ll also...
Staff warms partially paralyzed resident with family quilt project
By
Joe Bush
Dec 07, 2022
Every day Good Samaritan Society – Manson resident Linda Mack has her great grandma, grandma and mother to keep her warm.
Handmade dolls become her fund-raising tribute to her late husband
By
Joe Bush
Sep 22, 2022
Better hurry if you want a unique handmade Christmas gift made with love. Bobbie Carra’s rag dolls are going fast.
‘Much worse than expected’: Nursing home margins projected to hit negative 4.8%
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Danielle Brown
Mar 03, 2022
More than 400,000 nursing home residents now in financially at-risk facilities could be facing displacement, according to a new industry report that has found “significant risks associated with the sector.”...
Good Samaritan’s Nate Schema: Integration creates deep ‘bench’
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 24, 2022
Vertical integration will provide needed advantages as nursing homes face mounting clinical and operational challenges, predicts Nate Schema, president and CEO of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan...
What long-term care operators are doing to comply with federal vaccination rule by first deadline
By
Danielle Brown
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2021
It’s all hands on deck as long-term care operators quickly develop implementation plans to comply with the new federal COVID-19 vaccination rule for workers with the first deadline just over three weeks...
‘Game-changing’: Senior living giant Good Sam mandates employee COVID-19 vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2021
In an email to employees on Thursday, Bill Gassen, president and CEO of Good Sam parent company Sanford Health, said that requiring Good Sam and other Sanford employees to get a “game-changing vaccine”...