Litigation risks remain top of mind for nursing home operators, often tied to falls, resident behaviors as well as wounds and ...

Directors of Nursing (DONs) in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) and Life Plan Communities saw a 4.07% salary increase in 2025, up from 3.53% ...

Staffing shortages have led providers to limit admissions – most commonly in Skilled Nursing units – with 25% of single-site communities and 18% of ...

The federal government is challenging an April ruling that struck down key provisions of the Biden-era nursing home staffing mandate. On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

Close to 600 nursing homes across the nation could face increased risk of closure under proposed Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget bill, with the high-risk facilities disproportionately located ...

Low pay is one of the reasons behind the shortage contributing to Kansas’s difficulty hiring nursing home investigators. KDADS offers between $60,000 to $62,000 annually to registered nurses (RNs), ...

In this episode of Rethink, Skilled Nursing News speaks with Eric Palm, Chief Growth Officer at Provider Partners Connect Care, who at age 35 is part of a new generation of health care executives ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is based on a webinar that covered several topics that will be under discussion during our upcoming RETHINK ...

Amid increasing evidence that prior authorization and denials in Medicare Advantage (MA) may delay access to nursing homes, a new study shows that MA patients often experience longer hospital stays ...

More than 40 health insurance providers announced a joint initiative on Monday and met with Trump administration officials to overhaul and streamline the prior authorization process by reducing ...

Greystone provided a $51.5 million bridge loan to refinance a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma. Meanwhile, Dewey Propco LLC bought Shadowbrook Gardens, an 80-bed skilled nursing ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is making several updates to the Nursing Home Care Compare tool to improve accuracy and transparency, it stated in a memo Wednesday. The federal ...