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SEP2022 • Diagnosis: Debt • PA Labor Negotiations • Labor Shortage Long Haul
100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
The nursing home industry has quietly developed what consumer attorneys and patient advocates say is a pernicious strategy of pursuing family and friends of patients despite federal law that was enacted to protect them from debt collection. Read More.
“Diagnosis: Debt” is a reporting partnership between KHN and NPR exploring the scale, impact, and causes of medical debt in America. Litigation is a frequent byproduct of America's medical debt crisis and has touched more than half of all U.S. adults in the past five years.
Long-Term Care Accounts For 54% of Healthcare Bankruptcies This Year
Bankruptcies in skilled nursing facilities, senior living and long term-care settings have increased by 54%, according to data released by Gibbins Advisors. The experts expect the number to accelerate through 2023.
Nursing Home Firm, Union Make ‘Progress’ in Labor Negotiations; Strike Likely at Other Facilities
Negotiations between a healthcare union and the operator of 10 nursing homes progressed this week amid threats of a strike at 24 facilities owned by three different companies across Pennsylvania. Read more.
Staff Shortages Choking U.S. Health Care System
By 2025, the U.S. is estimated to have a shortage of approximately 446,000 home health aides, 95,000 nursing assistants, 98,700 medical and lab technologists and technicians, and more than 29,000 nurse practitioners, according to a 2021 report conducted by industry market analytic firm Mercer. Read more.
Nursing Home Uses Robot To Help Patients With Dementia
Amid staffing shortages at nursing homes, a special robot named pepper is a part of a pilot program that's helping seniors both physically and mentally. Read more.
Nursing Homes Win Fresh Reprieve From Training Requirement
The Biden administration plans to provide extra breathing room for nursing homes that can't get their uncertified nursing aides to complete mandatory federal training requirements by the Oct.7 deadline. Read more.
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