Court overturns NLRB’s ruling on employee uniforms … New York passes protections for LGBTQ and HIV-positive nursing home residents … County pauses nursing home sale until voters weigh in on referendum
Also in the News for Wednesday, Nov. 15
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 15, 2023
Algorithms tied to curtailing coverage in new Medicare Advantage investigation … Nearly one-quarter of nursing home residents die broke: new KFF analysis … 3 years after merging to strengthen their...
Employees were promised raises if they stayed through a sale. Here’s what happened when the deal collapsed
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Oct 31, 2023
Often, when a deal to sell a healthcare facility collapses at the 11th hour, employees pay the price. In Illinois this month, the employees are getting paid extra.
BREAKING: Good Samaritan Society to exit 15 states, trim capacity by 30 percent
By
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...
As legal obligations mount, another religious group abandons the nursing home business
By
Joe Bush
Dec 02, 2022
Ongoing financial difficulties and a need for money to settle sexual-abuse cases is forcing the Archdiocese of New Orleans to sell its nursing homes and other elder care interests.
Nursing home bed prices approach $100K even with sluggish occupancy
By
Joe Bush
Nov 02, 2022
Nursing care bed prices have risen 21% from their pre-pandemic levels, despite a glacially paced occupancy recovery and ongoing stigma against the sector, a noted long-term care analyst reported Tuesday.
Owed $1 million, CMS tried to stop sale of regional nursing home chain
By
Joe Bush
Oct 13, 2022
The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services was trying to stop the pending sale of a bankrupt nursing home chain in Iowa before CMS and the buyers resolved the issues.
Nursing home owner asks county to lift worker covenants so it can sell after only 3 years
By
Joe Bush
Oct 13, 2022
he Champaign County Board Tuesday denied the request of the owner of a 243-bed nursing home in central Illinois who asked local officials to remove worker-protection covenants so it can sell the facility...
Approving TP and hand soap purchases for broke public nursing home lands official in hot water
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 23, 2018
Illinois’ troubled Champaign County Nursing Home racked up another $200,000 in debt in a single month and was down to its last eight rolls of toilet paper.
Kindred wins court battle as voting starts today on sale to Humana, equity partners
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2018
A Delaware court has ruled in Kindred Healthcare’s favor, rejecting a lawsuit by a large shareholder on the eve of a scheduled vote on the company’s three-way sale.