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18 Communi Care Communities Worth $500 M Reportedly Change Hands
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (370+ words) A group of 18 communities worth $500 million and managed by Communi Care are changing hands to a new owner, according to a new report from the Baltimore Business Journal. It's one of the largest eldercare sales in the state in the…...
Cascadia, Journey, Genesis Highlight New Approaches to Recruiting and Retaining Nursing Home Staff
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (782+ words) geralt / pixabay | CC0 Nursing home operators are embracing workforce development initiatives to attract, retain and improve the skills of workers from inside and outside the industry. Leadership turnover is one of long-term care's most damaging problems, and a big focus for…...
Nursing Home Admins Have New Role as Data-Translator, Relationship-Builder
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (798+ words) The skilled nursing administrator position is ever evolving as a bridge between corporate leaders and frontline staff. These leaders often are assuming the role of data translator and CEOs of their buildings as more operators embrace decentralized business models. Having…...
Senate Democrats: New Policies Needed to Improve Nursing Home Care Quality, Access
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (858+ words) Pixabay | CC BY-SA 2. 0 Senate Democrats are seeking to improve access to affordable long-term care by using incentives to address workforce shortages, increasing nursing home quality and expanding home care services. The senators wrote these setbacks are deepening the long-term care…...
Omega Healthcare CEO Pickett to Retire, Gourmand Tapped for Role
1+ week, 2+ day ago (159+ words) Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) CEO Taylor Pickett is stepping down from his post on Oct. 1 and current President Matthew Gourmand is ascending to the CEO role. Omega on May 21 announced the leadership transition in conjunction with the planned retirement…...
American Senior Communities CEO: Care Companion Model, Clinical Integration Underpin Quality, Growth
1+ week, 3+ day ago (507+ words) ASC CEO Steve Van Camp American Senior Communities (ASC) is coming off a strong 2025 focused on quality care and is building on that success to weather industry challenges while executing on key initiatives, including the growth of a provider-led institutional…...
Northwind's Slusher: 3 Factors Adding Luster to Skilled Nursing Investments
1+ week, 4+ day ago (834+ words) Skilled nursing is an increasingly active sector for real estate investors due to several factors, including an increased appreciation that SNFs are part of the United States" "social infrastructure," according to Jonathan Slusher, Partner and Head of Senior Living and…...
CMS Plan to Expand Nursing Home Quality Reporting to All Payers Far Underestimates $88 M Annual Cost Projection
1+ week, 5+ day ago (790+ words) fernandozhiminaicela / Pixabay | CC0 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to expand the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP) so that reporting requirements would apply to all payer types, not just Medicare residents. Extending this will create…...
Inside the Medical Director's Role: Historian, Linchpin and Last Line of Defense for Nursing Homes
2+ week, 1+ day ago (928+ words) jossuetrejo_oficial / Pixabay | CC0 The medical director can make or break a nursing home's path to quality care, and it's a role that has drastically evolved over the last decade to bridge the gap between state survey agencies, staff and residents, while serving…...
CMS" Health Care Fraud Clampdown Could Needlessly Burden Nursing Homes, With Advocates Urging a "Well-Calibrated" Policy Instead
2+ week, 1+ day ago (493+ words) Nursing home providers are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to proceed carefully with its anti-fraud initiative for health care, warning that overly broad enforcement actions could increase administrative burden and disrupt patient care. The federal agency,…...