Economic Trends | Skilled Nursing
By: Liz Liberman | July 18, 2016
Home health, which provides post-acute medical services directly in a patient’s home, increasingly plays two interesting roles in the post-acute industry: as skilled nursing competitor and potential ally. And as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) pushes for care coordination and value-based purchasing, skilled nursing providers increasingly are forming relationships with home health agencies.
Economic Trends | Ideas and Discussion | Skilled Nursing
By: NIC | July 13, 2016
The challenge facing the skilled nursing sector, Ray Thivierge explained during a recent interview with NIC, is that a massive realignment is taking place as the health care system shifts from a fee-for-service to value-based reimbursements.
By: Beth Mace | July 08, 2016
The Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls increased by 287,000 positions in June, more than the 180,000 positions consensus projection. The small increase initially reported in May’s employment report of 38,000 was revised lower to only 11,000. Hiring in the second quarter averaged 147,000 a month, down from 196,000 in the first quarter and 229,000 in 2015. Employment rose in leisure and hospitality, health care, social assistance, financial services. The return to work of Verizon strikers also boosted jobs in information services. In June, health care employment rose by 39,000.
Economic Trends | Regulatory Environment | Skilled Nursing
By: Bill Kauffman | July 06, 2016
NIC released its Skilled Nursing Data Report on June 21, 2016. This is the second release of the report and includes key monthly data points from October 2011 through March 2016. In this week’s blog post, we’ll take a closer look at the release and provide a detailed analysis.
