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 ...

Kansas is facing a severe shortage of nursing home surveyors, with more than half of these positions at the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) currently vacant. As of May and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The insurers – represented by advocacy group AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association – signed off on the commitments to ease the prior authorization (PA) process. The initiative will apply ...

Nursing homes have yet to recover from workforce losses experienced during the pandemic still, along with other care settings like intensive behavioral health centers. Skilled nursing facility ...

Senate Republicans are pushing a proposal to scale back Medicaid provider taxes to help fund a sweeping budget package – but nursing homes and intermediate care facilities would be exempt from the ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) introduced a new “Express Lane” initiative last week to expedite loan applications for ...