Tag: Nursing Home

Assisted Living

Analyzing the 2023 Cost of Care Survey: Trends in Long-Term Care Rate Increases

On Tuesday, the Genworth 2023 Cost of Care Survey was released. Year-over-year rate increases in long-term care/senior living ranged from 1% to 10%, depending on the setting (SNF, Assisted Living, etc.). The report is available…

Skilled Nursing

Core Administrative Competency: SNF

As I have written before and readers know, I field as many questions and provide as many resources as I can “free” of charge. My e-mail is publicly available for contact on this site and…

Skilled Nursing

SNFs: Five Competitive Strategies Worthy of Investment

One of the top questions I’m asked by clients, readers, students, and interested parties everywhere is how can my organization excel in a competitive environment. In other words, how can I build my organization’s value…

Policy and Politics - Federal

Medicare SNF Cuts: Fact, Fiction, Probability

In early May, CMS released its proposed rule for FY 2012 concerning Medicare PPS reimbursement for SNFs. As most followers of the industry from investors, to operators to developers know by now, CMS dropped a…

Hospice

Hospice Contracts in SNFs: Survey Reminders for the SNF

Due to a fair amount of travel recently, I’m a tad behind in pushing out updates, etc. Despite my rather harried schedule, I have kept track of questions, issues, etc. and in the next week…

Policy and Politics - Federal

Doc Fix Survives, Medicaid Ehanced Match Doesn’t

In another procedural vote on the revamped Jobs bill in the Senate, Democrats fell short of mustering 60 votes to end a Republican filibuster, effectively ending for now, legislative efforts to extend unemployment benefits. The…

Hospice

Hospice Contract Reminders for SNFs

On a fairly routine basis, I run across SNF Administrators and Directors of Nursing that continue to have issues with hospice patients in their facilities but not from the standpoint of the patient typically; from…

Policy and Politics - Federal

Health Care Reform: The Senate, the President and the Truth

In an effort to salvage some hope for the flagging Senate health reform bill and to provide sustenance for the neutered Harry Reid, President Obama convened all Democratic senators at the White House earlier this…

Policy and Politics - Federal

Skilled Nursing Facilities, Healthcare Reform and Gloomy Propsects

On October 1, the SNF industry received a 1.1% reduction in Medicare payments. On October 13th, the Senate Finance Committee passed its version of Healthcare Reform, commonly known as the Baucus Bill. While the Baucus…

Skilled Nursing

Holding onto Your D.O.N.

In our annual Healthcare Leadership Labor Market Report released in July, we presented some rather alarming trends regarding the long-term care and post-acute care industry’s retention of nursing executives. For example, we noted that 71%…

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Healthcare executive, consultant, and author covering post-acute care, senior living, and the economics behind both - for 30+ years.

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