Recent Industry News
Virginia Goes Full Big Brother
Governor Youngkin's executive order creates a comprehensive surveillance upgrade of Virginia's 300 nursing homes with 33,000 beds. Here's what operators are actually getting:
The Public Shaming Portal: New public information portal displaying inspection results, disciplinary actions, and key performance metrics - basically Yelp for nursing homes where families can see every citation you've ever gotten.
Translation: Virginia operators now get more inspectors, more transparency, and more ways for families to second-guess their operations. Youngkin calls it "peace of mind" - operators might call it something else.
Virginia Facility Gets the Death Penalty
Princess Anne Health and Rehabilitation Center in Virginia Beach lost its Medicare and Medicaid provider agreements - first Virginia facility decertified in at least 3 years.
The feds found repeated incidents of residents getting seriously hurt due to lacking supervision and care, including a high fall-risk resident who fell, became severely injured and unresponsive, but only got Tylenol instead of immediate ER transfer.
Staff reportedly threatened with job loss for talking to inspectors. I mean wow. This goy is giving us yiddin a run for our money with this level of chutzpah.
DOJ attorneys filed fresh appeals after the July 4 One Big Beautiful Bill signing, suggesting the feds aren't giving up on making you hire nurses you can't find.
Iowa Administrator Steals Pills
An Iowa nursing home administrator surrendered her license after being convicted of stealing hundreds of patient medications including 60 hydrocodone pills from emergency drug kits. She also worked for the state agency that inspects nursing homes. Nothing says quality oversight like hiring pill thieves as inspectors.
Minnesota Holiday Pay Drama
Minnesota's Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board approved requiring eleven paid holidays for nursing home workers because apparently nursing homes weren't expensive enough to operate already. Somebody ask Marc Halpert how he feels about this.
Bottom Line: More oversight, more regulations, more costs, and facilities are still closing. The beat goes on.
The Shoutout of the Month
Glad to see JOE SCHIFF from Forest Healthcare advisors isn't slowing down.
Good to see a frum nursing home brokerage company that's capable of going up against the big boys. Some people talk a big game on LinkedIn but he actually backs it up.
If you'd like to give someone in the industry a shoutout, please reach out at thesnfshmooze@gmail.com.
