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Immigration crackdowns disrupt caregivers. Families are paying the price.

The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor for nursing facilities and home health agencies t

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Do I Have to Sign Over All My Assets when I Enter a Long-Term Care Facility?

Do I Have to Sign Over All My Assets when I Enter a Long-Term Care Facility?

I get asked some version of this question fairly frequently. I generally reassure clients that most facilities simply require you to pay month-to-month, and you can leave at any time. Now I may have to change my response, as news broke this week that a New Jersey woman allegedly had all her assets stolen by the very entity she trusted to care for her. The woman entered a facility for a short-term…

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Skilled Nursing Facilities in These States Make the Most Revenue Per Bed

Written by: Jennifer Huizen, Data Work By Elena Cox

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As the American population ages, more families are turning to skilled nursing facilities to help look after their loved ones.

Skilled nursing facilities, or SNFs, are staffed by trained medical professionals who care for people requiring nursing, medical, or rehabilitative services. Most people in SNFs have been discharged from the hospital but cannot safely return home, often due to an inability to move on their own or perform medical treatments. In addition to caring for older adults, SNFs can provide rehab for people of any age, as well as support for people living with disabilities.

SNFs are in a class of their own. They typically don't provide the same level of care as hospitals, and unlike nursing homes, they are meant to provide temporary care. Given their unique purpose, they fill an important niche in the caregiving landscape.

In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated its Medicare payment policies and rates for SNFs, increasing spending by over 4%, or $1.4 billion in the fiscal year 2025. Though the cost of staying in an SNF varies based on location and the type of care required, 2024's median national cost for a private room in an SNF is $330 per day and $294 per day for a semiprivate room, according to an estimate from SeniorLiving.org. Along with the recent updates, financial penalties on facilities with health and safety deficiencies can be imposed, raising the stakes for SNFs.

Nursing Homes examined data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine which states bring in the most revenue at their skilled nursing facilities. The data was calculated by dividing the net patient revenue by the total number of beds. It exclusively represents dedicated skilled nursing facilities and does not include nursing homes or other facilities with skilled nursing beds.

While the demand for care at SNFs rises, many of these facilities operate under precarious financial circumstances. According to an Economic State of Skilled Nursing Facility Industry report released in February 2023, SNFs are facing a series of unprecedented challenges, including issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, like a decline in occupancy rates, increases in operating costs, and staffing problems. The 2023 projected median operating margins, or profitability ratio, show many SNFs barely breaking even, according to the report.

Those rising costs are passed on to the consumer. Given the dire financial state of many SNFs, facilities are under mounting pressure to become profitable.

Story editing by Alizah Salario. Additional editing by Kelly Glass. Copy editing by Kristen Wegrzyn.

Read for more at: https://www.nursinghomeinsights.com/article/skilled-nursing-facilities-in-these-states-make-most-revenue-per-bed

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Signs Your Medical Facility is Short Staffed

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Medical facilities have been experiencing staffing shortages for various reasons. Most of the time, healthcare providers catch a disease that would render them unfit for service, or other times, they experience burnout due to the high number of patients. Medical shortages can be dangerous for both the staff and the patients. That’s why these issues have to be addressed. Check out some signs you must look out for to determine if you’re understaffed.

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Public health just pulled support for Nursing Facilities in California.

This includes pulling our access to the vaccines.

They told us with one day notice.

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Real Time Medical Systems Announces Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Surveillance Solution for Nursing Facilities

Originally published on Real Time Medical Systems News on Keri DeSalvo by September , 2020

Interactive solution uses live EHR data to automate tracking and trending insights to identify early onsets of infections, monitor antibiotic usage, and simplify reporting requirements

Baltimore, MD, September 1, 2020 – Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the leading post-acute interventional analytics platform, today announced the launch of its new Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Surveillance solution, a live analysis and patient surveillance solution for Infection Preventionists (IPs) and clinical teams to manage the spread of infectious diseases and reduce antibiotic-resistance cases.

“There has been a renewed emphasis on Infection Control and Prevention (ICP) within the industry since the emergence of COVID-19,” states Dr. Scott Rifkin, Real Time Executive Chairman. “The release of our Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Surveillance solution provides nursing facilities with a comprehensive, automated platform in meeting various components of the ICP program outlined in the CMS Requirements of Participation (RoP).”

Expanding beyond Real Time’s Infection Risk Identification tools, which were released March 2020 to aid facilities in identifying early signs and symptoms of emerging infections, the new solution also includes a dedicated, interactive dashboard for IPs to effortlessly track, trend, monitor, and report upon their Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) requirements. Additionally, the solution offers centralized infection surveillance reporting empowering clinical leaders and administrators to proactively monitor emerging signs and symptoms of all infectious diseases, as well as active diagnosis of COVID-19 and Influenza, among patient populations within or across all facilities – in real-time.

“Once again Real Time has made my life easier by offering information at the click of a button,” states Rob Brown, Clinical Informatics with Sterling Senior Care. “Being able to track and manage antibiotics, infection rates, and the providers who have prescribed these antibiotics will help in our goal for Antibiotic Stewardship. The new Infection Control and Antibiotic Surveillance solution will allow us to manage our Center Acquired Infection Rates and overall, I believe it will improve our infection control efforts. I no longer need to spend hours pulling reports and keeping multiple spreadsheets – the information is automatically compiled in an easy to use data format.”

While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) resumes onsite surveys, Real Time has launched the new solution to its 1,000+ customers nationwide, at no additional cost, to support their efforts in preparing for site visits and reporting requirements.

Real Time plans to add even more features to their new solution in the upcoming months. For more information on Real Time’s Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Surveillance solution visit realtimemed.com.

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About Real Time Medical Systems

Real Time Medical Systems is the industry-leading Interventional Analytics platform that turns data into actionable insights. Serving healthcare organizations nationwide, Real Time improves clinical performance by reducing avoidable hospital readmissions, managing care coordination efforts, and detecting early warning signs of infectious disease.

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