Assisted living regulations have shifted in focus in the last three years, with states now focused on staffing and training requirements rather than disclosure and reporting. The 2016 regulations are seen in the latest edition of the Assisted Living State Regulatory Review, issued by the American Read More »
Movers & Shakers: LeadingAge’s New Board Chair
Kathryn Roberts Begins 2016 as LeadingAge Board Chair Kathryn Roberts, president and CEO of Ecumen, has taken over in the lead role of LeadingAge’s board of directors. She has served as a board member for eight years and succeed Dave Gehm, president and CEO of Read More »
Movers & Shakers: Premier Senior Living’s New Directors
Pinnacle Chairman Appointed to Long-Term Care Board Rob McCabe, Pinnacle Financial Partner’s co-founder and chairman, has been appointed to the board of Diversicare Healthcare Services, a long-term care provider located in Brentwood. Pinnacle Financial Partners is a Nashville-based financial firm with $6 billion in assets. Read More »
Why Skilled Nursing Medicare Payments Will Be Lower Than Expected
Providers that receive Medicare reimbursements for skilled nursing services will be seeing lower payment levels next year than the government initially proposed, due to updated economic data. For fiscal year 2016, total SNF payments will increase by an aggregate $430 million from 2015 levels, as Read More »
Providers Blast Changes to Nursing Home Quality Ratings
A huge number of skilled nursing facilities will have their reputations unfairly jeopardized and consumers likely will be confused by new changes in the government’s quality rating system for nursing homes, provider associations argued today after the controversial reforms officially were announced. Since 2008, the Read More »