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November 11, 2018, Maggie Flynn, Skilled Nursing News - A new skilled nursing unit in McKeesport, PA, is targeting the needs of patients with a primary medical condition and co-occurring substance misuse disorders, in collaboration with an integrated delivery and financing network, a local…
November 7, 2018, Steve Monroe, SeniorCare Investor - Housing and Healthcare Finance’s (HHC Finance) Capital Advisory Group closed an impressive number of bridge loans lately, totaling $185 million across 12 transactions in the last several…
November 4, 2018, Alex Spanko, Skilled Nursing News - Members of the prominent Senate Committee on Finance released on Friday a scathing report on emergency preparedness in the nation’s nursing homes, accusing both operators and the federal government of failing residents during storms and…
November 4, 2018, Maggie Flynn, Skilled Nursing News - When looking at a Medicare Advantage (MA) contract, the first instinct of many skilled nursing providers…
October 31, 2018, Maggie Flynn, Skilled Nursing News - Improving surveys, clarifying nursing facilities’ reporting requirements, and providing more detail on citations are some of the current top priorities for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) going…
October 24, 2018, Steve Monroe, SeniorCare Investor - It was yet another record crowd at the NIC Conference, which brings up a point I kept on making. If the headwinds are so strong, on many fronts, why are there still so many more people who want to invest, lend or…
October 23, 2018, Alex Spanko, Skilled Nursing News - The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) has gobbled up most of the recent headlines in the skilled nursing industry regarding new regulations, but there’s another set of rules that providers shouldn’t forget about. The industry remains…
October 22, 2018, Lois Bowers, McKnight's Senior Living - The staffing challenges facing senior living communities are not just human resources headaches. They also represent the biggest operational risk in the industry, according to panel members and attendees at a Friday morning session…
October 22, 2018, Alex Spanko, Skilled Nursing News - Investors frequently point to “headline risk” as a reason to beware the skilled nursing space, typically referring to the kinds of negative press that arise due to natural disasters and lapses in care for vulnerable seniors. But a top…
October 21, 2018, Alex Spanko, Skilled Nursing News - New research from the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests that residents in for-profit nursing homes have the highest risk of receiving neglect-related diagnoses, and its authors claim the industry needs stronger oversight across…