Skilled Nursing News spoke on March 22 with Dr. Sunil Pandya and Annaliese Impink. Pandya is the chief medical director of Atlanta-based SavaSeniorCare Administrative and Consulting LLC. Impink is an in-house lawyer for SavaSeniorCare chain. Sava has outsourced to the CMO role to Geriatric Administrative Provider Services (GAPS), a Dallas-based physician-led organization that provides medical
PruittHealth announced that the corporate masters will require accreditation for all 91 nursing facilities in the Southeast region. The Joint Commission Care Center Accreditation helps health care organizations identify risks through an assessment of compliance with accreditation standards. System-wide polices and procedures, best practices, and chain of command is the key focus. “Joint Commission accreditation
Skilled Nursing News reported that Green Houses may be the future of the nursing home industry. COVID-19 has experts and industry leaders revaluate choices in long-term care. Many advocates have turned to the Green House model as the best way forward. These “small-house” style developments with multiple cottages for limited numbers of residents. Each resident gets
HCR ManorCare ProMedica is rebranding the nursing home chain. ProMedica acquired the operations of HCR ManorCare in 2018. The chain was owned by private equity giant The Carlyle Group. The care was known to be deficient. Now, the HCR ManorCare chain of nursing homes and other senior living facilities will be under the “ProMedica Senior Care”
Cutting Therapy The Trump Administration issued new reimbursement rules that cut funding for therapy to nursing home residents. CMS announced the final rules for physician pay, and cutting physical and occupational therapy payments for nursing homes patients by 9%. Last year, therapy providers took an 8% cut. Lobbyists for the nursing home industry have warned
The Skilled Nursing News reported on a bill that would expand the Special Focus Facilities (SFF) program. The SFF designation applies to facilities with major systemic problems. The worst of the worse. However, Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey, both of Pennsylvania, are calling for expanded oversight of these poorly performing nursing facilities. The problem
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