For nursing homes, there is never a good time to be out of regulatory compliance or lax with documentation, but experts say ...

Hospital participation in health information exchange communication systems has limited effectiveness in reducing skilled ...

Mark Parkinson on Thursday beseeched providers for even more dogged pursuit of quality care and greater worker engagement.

President Donald Trump signed into law nearly $1 billion in Medicaid cuts on July 4, dealing a “significant blow” to the long-term care sector. After weeks of debate, the White House secured a major ...

A federal judge has for a second time struck down the federal nursing home staffing mandate’s demands that an RN be on duty 24/7 every day, and for specific levels of nurse hours.

While an ugly regulatory hurdle may (or may not) be getting its burial, the main staffing challenges live on. And providers – ...

Providers should prepare to see Medicaid rate increases fall back to historical levels they might not have experienced since 2015, an industry expert cautioned this week.

A federal watchdog has issued its third 2025 report analyzing state oversight of background checks for nursing home employees, finding mixed results so far on compliance and enforcement.

Death is often ugly. It is hard. And we are asking others to witness what we as a nation, and sometimes individuals, can’t watch.

West Virginia is beginning to exit the long-term care industry and selling four of its seven, state-owned facilities to Marx Development Group and its Majestic Care line.

A proposal for new codes is being finalized with the goal of helping skilled nursing providers avoid newly created diagnoses gaps for end-of-life skin breakdown.

A new diagnostic tool better predicts the recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers, even those that appear fully healed.