July/August 2023

A study showed the use of bed-monitoring software reduced the need for emergency hospital admissions and doctor visits. It also shaved time spent on administrative work.

Insufficient Documentation is the top SNF error leading to improper payment. What does this mean?

Dript IV Therapy and IVRS, two leading providers of IV hydration and nutritional supplement therapy to nursing home residents, have merged, creating the sector’s largest IV hydration and nutritional...

Benchmark Senior Living, which operates continuing care retirement communities and skilled nursing facilities throughout the Northeast, has announced a partnership with Spring Health, a virtual mental...

Texas skilled nursing providers in May got their first increase in the Medicaid base rate in 10 years, along with supplemental funding to help providers stay afloat until that new rate kicks in this September.

What is Washington’s payroll tax for long-term care going to mean for the state’s Medicaid program and are other states expected to follow?

As Medicaid rate negotiations continue, especially in states whose legislatures develop two-year budgets, worries are already arising about how willing state lawmakers will be to sustain increases.

Dozens of skilled nursing, senior living and home care leaders and frontline workers became in-person celebrities for a day when they were feted as the 2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction.

Resident security is a technology category as wide as it is long. Our experts take a look at some of the cool gadgets out there, as well as potential caveats in the field.

What are the three biggest challenges facing long-term care? To borrow a familiar punch line from the real estate sector, they are staffing, staffing and staffing.