Newsmakers Podcasts

While federal regulators are officially revoking a nationwide mandate for healthcare workers, including those in nursing homes, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in early August, employers can’t drop...

What’s top of mind when attorney Adam Guetzow thinks of the legal and regulatory issues swirling around nursing homes in 2023? Dealing with the realities of perpetually understaffed regulatory agencies...

The COVID-19 pandemic “ravaged” the nursing home administrator role, a profession that was somewhat isolated already. But there are ways that these key administrators can rise above the fallout, assures...

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is exiting the pandemic as a much different organization than what it was just five years ago, cutting its massive footprint back to seven states and, with...

While much has been made of staffing flexibilities and waivers ending after May 11, the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency also brings with it critical new enforcement concerns for skilled nursing...

For years, says skilled nursing reimbursement expert Maureen McCarthy, managed care organizations have gotten away with denying appropriate care and denying or reducing payments to providers using less-than-ideal...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services annual pay rule always holds some additional nuggets for skilled nursing providers, but this year’s proposal — issued April 4 — offers a bounty of quality...

Providers should not necessarily fear regulators’ ramped up scrutiny efforts on nursing home operators and private-equity investors in the long-term care space.

Times are tight in long-term care, and every penny counts. That’s why the Diakonos Group’s Todd Beesley went the distance last week. He recorded 62 miles in 48 hours to raise money for employees in...

Nursing homes and the skilled nursing arena could be in for choppy waters as far as investors are concerned. Yet there are markers that give the sector reason for optimism, especially for stakeholders...