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A federal nursing home staffing mandate would be “impossible to implement” and a “disaster,” especially for seniors on Medicaid, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted...

Major provider organizations are raising concerns about equitable post-acute care regulation, given two proposed rules that would increase transparency into states’ payment for some home- and community-based...

While on-the-ground providers can do little but wait for a now-overdue staffing minimum to drop, the sector’s top advocates remain furiously at work in the nation’s capital, hoping to mitigate its...

As the clock counts down to the release of the Biden administration’s promised nursing home staffing mandate, providers are hoping that a growing chorus of federal lawmakers opposed to the idea will...

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...

Continued success of joint replacement model powered by institutional post-acute care reductions: CMS … CareTrust REIT adds new West Coast SNF operator … AHCA/NCAL names latest round of Bronze Quality...

The nursing home industry is anxiously waiting for the federal government to release a first-ever staffing mandate. Yet less than a month ago, the US State Department issued a visa freeze that will absolutely...

Nursing home providers could support a federal minimum staffing rule that is funded and exempts them from penalties if they make “best faith efforts” to hire, according to one of the nation’s top...

“Cultivating Kindness” is the theme of this year’s National Skilled Nursing Care Week, which begins Sunday. The annual event starts each year on Mother’s Day.

The US is in danger of breaching its debt limit, which would have serious repercussions for the long-term care sector, advocates and experts warned.