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Nov 25, 2024 · Overland Park, Kansas – Nurses across Michigan have voted to unionize with Teamsters in a historic move to address critical issues in healthcare, including low pay, excessive hours, and insufficient support. The vote comes after growing frustrations over understaffing, burnout, and a lack of adequate resources in the state’s healthcare system. The …
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CMS Official Clarifies Nursing Home Policy Changes for 2025 on …
Oct 29, 2024 · In 2025, the nursing home sector can expect several policy updates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Director Evan Shulman said on Tuesday. He highlighted the agency’s work on risk-based surveys to reduce delays and new consumer guides for which the agency is seeking feedback from nursing homes, among other initiatives. Speaking at LeadingAge’s annual conference in ...
Newsweek’s Nursing Home Rankings for 2025: Certain States Pull …
Sep 25, 2024 · Newsweek released its list of top nursing homes for 2025 on Wednesday, ranking facilities within each state according to number of beds. Newsweek recognized 1,050 nursing homes across 25 states with the highest number of facilities, using data published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in partnership with the global research firm Statista. The ranking took into account ...
Top and Bottom States for Nursing Home Sector Dealmaking in …
4 days ago · Sufficient reimbursement, less regulation and adequate staffing are all attractive features for dealmaking, impacting operator decisions on which states
Nursing Home Providers Adjust to Optum Exiting Medicare …
Nov 5, 2024 · Optum is scaling back its Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans for nursing home and assisted living residents in several regions. The health care services arm of insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UHG), Optum, made headlines earlier this year for workforce cuts. Now, the company is shutting down Institutional Special Needs Plans (I-SNPs) in several states, multiple sources told ...
Executive Outlook 2024: Nursing Homes’ Road From Recovery to …
Jan 4, 2024 · The Covid-19 pandemic’s labor crisis forced some nursing home providers to adapt their business practices in 2023, during a time some leaders termed the “year of recovery.” And, as they look ahead to 2024 amid a looming federal staffing mandate, many nursing home providers look to gain from these efficiencies – but are fearful about looming threats. Marc Zimmet, CEO of Zimmet ...
‘A Turbulent Time’: Inside Tackling Clinical Risks from Rising Acuity ...
Aug 23, 2024 · The rising acuity at nursing homes alongside increasingly stringent government regulation, is raising operational risk – and litigation – leaving
National Study Confirms Medicaid Payments Fall Short of Costs, …
Oct 18, 2024 · A new study on Medicaid payment rates from 44 states shows Medicaid payment rates among nursing homes on average don’t adequately cover today’s costs. Meanwhile, higher staffing levels often correlate with lower Medicaid payment-to-cost ratios. And, nonprofits appear to have the lowest payment-to-cost ratio for Medicaid. Medicaid rates only covered bout 82 cents per every dollar of ...
‘Existential Threat’: 21 States Sue CMS Over Nursing Home Staffing ...
Oct 10, 2024 · The number of states challenging the federal minimum staffing mandate has now grown to 21 states, after 20 states filed a joint lawsuit. As of Tuesday, Iowa’s attorney general was the latest to sue the Biden-Harris administration, challenging the nursing home federal minimum staffing mandate along with Kansas, Virginia, South Carolina, and other mostly Republican-led states. Other states ...
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