Staffing

Long-term care providers were intent on dismissing undesirable memories of the COVID-19 pandemic as much as possible in 2023, but the year’s top stories revealed there were still remnants of it to...

Senate bill would extend alternative payment model incentives for two more years … Blood thinner linked to ‘significantly higher’ risk of bleeding complications … Staffing conversations increasingly...

Long-term care providers shouldn’t focus too narrowly on whether or not attempts to weaken  the proposed federal staffing mandate will be successful, industry experts warned Tuesday.

Immigrant nurses are already a key demographic in long-term care, and are likely to become more vital in the future. But allegations of coercive labor practices by some providers and staffing agencies...

A national union on Friday skewed comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to imply federal regulators had proposed an 80% direct care spending requirement for the nursing home...

After 60 days of public and often-heated debate, the formal comment period for one of the most controversial federal healthcare regulations ever proposed came to a close Nov. 6.

I’ve been a physical therapist for a very long time, and as I prepare to renew my license for the four millionth time, I reflect on how my profession has changed. All of our professions have changed...

A Rhode Island nursing home is creatively sounding the alarm on Medicaid reimbursement funding gaps that have forced it to operate with six-figure monthly losses. 

CMS officials have delivered an early gift to help providers like you map out where they should focus their compliance efforts — not just for 2024, but for 2025 as well.

A national long-term care coalition gave an update Tuesday on their action plans to address the fundamental issues facing the LTC sector.