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3 Trends Shaping Clinical Excellence in Skilled Nursing
As providers navigate the evolution of skilled nursing, they will be best served to stay ahead of 3 emerging trends shaping clinical excellence, operations and staffing on the road to recovery. This brief explores how skilled nursing executives are capitalizing on those trends to prepare their ...
Staff Agency Use Up as Staff Burnout Spreads
Aug 17, 2021 · The vast majority of skilled nursing and senior living operators, 84%, are currently tapping agency and temp staff to help with staffing shortages, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s (NIC) most recent executive survey.. Now in its 31st iteration since the COVID-19 pandemic began, responses were collected from 70 small, medium and large senior housing and ...
Survey: 50% of RNs Have Considered Leaving the Profession
Nov 8, 2022 · Although nursing home employment has slowly been on the rise since the pandemic sent staffing numbers plummeting nationwide, the toll the nursing shortage specifically has taken continues to be a concern for operators.. Persistent staffing shortages and high turnover has more broadly motivated operators to rethink positions like MDS coordinator roles and consider allowing registered nurses and ...
Skilled Nursing Sector Faces Defining Moment to Shape New …
Feb 7, 2023 · During the Covid-19 public health emergency (PHE), the federal government increased its share of Medicaid funding to states. Now, the enhanced federal funding is being gradually phased out, but states are reconsidering their Medicaid policies and in several instances have extended enhanced funding or rebased rates for nursing homes.
CCRCs’ Nursing Care Centers Show Biggest Occupancy Gains
Jun 26, 2023 · “The unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic have had a profound impact on the senior housing and care industry. To ensure financial stability and sustainability as the sector navigates through recovery, it may be strategic to aim for a higher occupancy rate, even above pre-pandemic levels,” the Zahraoui noted.
Resources Archive - Skilled Nursing News
Skilled Nursing News is the leading source for news and information covering the skilled nursing industry. Skilled Nursing News is part of the Aging Media Network ...
Skilled Nursing Occupancy Takes Slight Dip As Labor, Inflation ...
Sep 1, 2022 · Related to the industry’s labor pressures is the anticipation of the federal staffing minimum standard that is set to be proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by Spring 2023.. In the long-term, however, skilled nursing demand is expected to grow over time, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) report.
ShiftMed CEO Weighs in on Rate Hikes, Nursing Home Staffing …
Feb 24, 2022 · Established staffing agencies have had to rethink – and defend – their relationship with skilled nursing operators at this point in the pandemic, with opportunistic players entering the space and rates doubling during a historic staffing crisis.. ShiftMed CEO Todd Walrath said the agency’s relationship has gotten a lot more “strategic”, in terms of keeping a constant stream of ...
Conditions Are Ripe For Industry Consolidation As Nursing Homes …
Jun 23, 2021 · The nursing home industry has been through the wringer over the past 24 months, first with the implementation of a new Medicare payment model, the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), and then the COVID-19 pandemic.