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WEBREIT Sells 118-Bed Skilled Nursing Facility in Florida; Construction Begins on Sanford Health Property. September 30, 2024September 30, 2024.
Cheat Sheets and Timely Visits: How SNFs Can Support Doctors' …
WEBMay 2, 2019 — Timely physician visits will play a central role in effectively capturing resident conditions — and reimbursements — under the new Medicare payment model.
Congress Extends 2% Medicare Sequestration Holiday Through …
WEBApr 14, 2021 — Skilled nursing facilities and other health care providers will receive 2% more in Medicare reimbursements through the end of 2021 after President Biden signed a long-awaited sequestration moratorium bill. Congress in late March 2020 suspended the 2% sequestration cut as the coronavirus crisis began to gain steam, and late last …
Providence Group Acquires Plum Healthcare, Adds 58 New …
WEBNov 8, 2021 — Providence Group has acquired California’s second-largest skilled nursing facility operator as the company expands its presence out west, the company announced this week. The deal with Plum Healthcare Group, which closed on Nov. 5 for an undisclosed sum, includes the operations of 58 total facilities — 57 nursing homes and one assisted living/independent living facility — and the real ...
Plum Healthcare CEO: We're Not Out of This Yet, Time to Rethink ...
WEBMay 5, 2021 — Plum Healthcare CEO: We’re Not Out of This Yet, Time to Rethink Reimbursement. Despite most nursing home residents being vaccinated, the skilled nursing industry is still faced with record-low occupancy, higher expenses, and regulatory uncertainty with a new administration taking the reins. Skilled Nursing News got a chance to sit down with ...
48 States Saw Nursing Home Occupancy of 80% or Worse as 2021 …
WEBJan 25, 2021 — CLA found that out of the 48 continental U.S. states, none are reporting occupancy higher than 80%, with New York the top state at approximately 79%; Texas has the lowest SNF occupancy at approximately 56%. And while funds from the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) have allowed operators to navigate the challenges of maintaining their facilities during COVID-19, those ...
Two Big PDPM Changes in FY 2023 — and 3 Tools to Address Them
WEBOct 31, 2022 — As SNFs look ahead, here are two key changes coming to PDPM in FY 2023 — and three tools operators can use to address them and succeed. On July 29, 2022, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its FY 2023 SNF PPS Final Rule, spelling out changes SNF providers can expect in the upcoming fiscal year.
Ignite Enters Texas as Operator of 4 SNFs ... - Skilled Nursing News
WEBApr 4, 2022 — Park Ridge, Ill.-based Ignite Medical Resorts is entering Texas for the first time as the operator of four skilled nursing facilities acquired by LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) in a $52 million deal. “We’re looking for strategic growth that fits our vision.
Weighing the Promise and Perils of Skilled Nursing Ventilator Care ...
WEBDec 5, 2019 — For one thing, ventilator and tracheostomy care automatically place residents in the highest reimbursement case-mix groups for the Nursing component of PDPM, Melissa Sabo, chief operating officer at Gravity Healthcare Consulting, told SNN earlier this year. “Everybody’s interested in it, because once you start going through the numbers, the ...
3 datapoints every post-acute provider should study - Skilled …
WEBJun 13, 2022 — 3 datapoints every post-acute provider should study. In designing its CCM, TeamHealth focused on three quantitative analytics to track over time. The first metric: each patient’s use of antipsychotics, which TeamHealth logs and analyzes. Next, TeamHealth looks at fall risk, breaking them into three categories: high, moderate and low.
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