Zahida Siddiqi

As staffing challenges persist, operators are striving to make nursing homes a more attractive place to work and some simple, tried and true tactics are at play.

A majority of discharges of mentally ill patients from nursing homes are initiated by facilities due to dangerous behaviors, and perhaps many of these patients should never have been admitted in the first place given “the challenges” at nursing homes, according to the Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Medicare Advantage plans might lower their payments to nursing homes in 2025, to absorb the federal government's benchmark rate cut to insurers.

In an address to care workers and unions, President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the federal government plans to release “in the coming weeks” new rules to bolster the workforce in nursing homes.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) recently proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program updates include staffing provisions that are being met with provider concern, although other updates should be well received once the dust settles.

In its Wall Street debut on Thursday, PACS Group's (NYSE: PACS) shares traded above the initial public offering (IPO) price to raise $450 million in funds.

Robert W. Hurlbut, president of Hurlbut Care Communities, knows a thing or two about battling burnout among his workers.

The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services' (CMS) officials said Tuesday that they are confident that facilities will be able to meet the

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided more details Wednesday on the implementation of facility assessments and exemptions extended to nursing homes over the final staffing rule.

A vast majority of nursing homes in the U.S. fall short of meeting the staffing requirements in the new rule issued by the federal government, an analysis of the most recent payroll based journal (PBJ) data shows.