Thursday, November 12, 2026 - Updated Daily
Thursday, November 12, 2026 - Updated Daily
As 2017 closed, a number of projects kept me busy right up to the Christmas holiday. Among these projects was a focus on the SNF industry current and its fortunes going forward, principally driven by…
It is rare that I push or endorse any product on this site. This is an exception worth making. http://hcmarketplace.com/survey-success-for-long-term-care The book is authored by my wife who also heads the Clinical Compliance practice within…
A few weeks back, I wrote a piece regarding Medicaid and its ties to the fortunes (lack thereof ) of some the largest SNF provider groups. Today a high percentage of resident census connected to…
There is an old joke/riddle that goes like this: “Where does an 800 lb. gorilla sit? Answer: Anywhere it wants to”. For SNFs and REITs today, that gorilla is Medicaid. Sure, there are numerous industry…
CMS has released the text of the proposed rule with regard to bundled payment status (see my post from earlier today). The link is here – https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2017-17446.pdf In summary, here are the high points. No…
Within the last few days, CMS/HHS sent a proposed rule to OMB (Office of Management and Budget) that would cancel the planned January 2018 roll-out of the (mandatory) cardiac and traumatic joint repair/replacement bundles. Specifically,…
Lately I’ve written rather extensively on what is occurring in the SNF sector to (rather) dramatically shift the fortunes for companies such as HCR/ManorCare, Kindred, Genesis, Signature, et.al. and a series of REITs that hold…
Long title – actually shortened. In honesty, I clipped it back from: SNF Fortunes, HCR/Manor Care, Five Star, Value-Based Payment, Hospitals Impacted Too, Home Health and Hospice Fortunes Rise, and all Other Salient Lessons for/in…
As the title of this post implies, a review of the status of the SNF industry is as much about current issues begat by past issues influenced by an outlook that is finally, starting to…
Late yesterday, a reader (who also happens to be a client from time to time), posed this question to me. “When hospitals discharge to hospice and if the hospice has to readmit to the hospital,…
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