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April 19, 2016, Elizabeth Leis Newman, McKnights - Faced with a legal challenge, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has killed a two-midnight inpatient payment cut to hospitals. The agency will not move forward with a 0.2% inpatient payment cut to hospitals under the “two-midnight”…
April 18, 2016, Blair Jackson, Provider - It’s about as regular as the blooming of the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., even if anticipated for different reasons. Every spring, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalizes its review of the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective…
April 18, 2016, Kourtney Liepelt, Senior Housing News - Minimum wage hikes recently approved in California and New York mean that workers will soon earn $15 an hour, but the associated costs and implications put pressure on pay across the board for senior living providers.
“What everybody…
April 14, 2016, Emily Mongan, McKnights - Fewer new skilled nursing developments will crop up over the coming year, and those that do will focus on short-stay, post-acute rehabilitation services, according to a new report from real estate consulting firm Integra…
April 13, 2016, Mary Kate Nelson, Senior Housing News - April brings budding trees and the start of baseball season, but does it also bring a change in the mix of skilled nursing facility residents? It’s possible, if The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) is to be…
April 13, 2016, Amy Baxter, Senior Housing News - Corporate venture capital (CVC) is on the rise, partnering with an influx of startup businesses that aim to tackle the health care system’s biggest problems and innovate on trends that are extremely critical to the senior care industry.
April 10, 2016, Elizabeth Leis Newman, McKnights - Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities, home health, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals would change under a plan from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission approved on Thursday. The proposal would…
April 7, 2016, Tim Mullaney, Senior Housing News - Ongoing troubles for HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP) may have reached a critical level, making the major owner of senior housing real estate a prime takeout target—with rival Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) perhaps being the most likely buyer.
April 7, 2016, Emily Mongan, McKnights - The occupancy rate for skilled nursing facilities increased 0.1 percentage point to reach 87.4% during the first quarter of 2016, according to new…
April 5, 2016, David Tolley, Law360 - In a much-anticipated decision, Judge Karon O. Bowdre finally put the nail in the coffin in theU.S. Department of Justice’s False Claims Act case against long-term care provider AseraCare…