Skilled Nursing News January 12, 2026
Zahida Siddiqi

Nursing home leaders are planning to pivot away from survival mode and toward intentional, strategy-driven growth even as financial and policy headwinds – particularly around Medicaid – remain unresolved.

Executives from organizations small and large said that they are increasingly focused on what they can control: care delivery models, workforce engagement, operational efficiency, and technology-enabled transformation, including for the administrative burden of collecting the money owed to facilities. Providers vow to cut time, effort and resources that staff spend following up on unpaid claims, delayed payments or reimbursements from insurers like Medicare Advantage or private payors.

Across organizations, leaders said that rising acuity is continuing to shape their organizations approach amid expanding demand from an aging population as they...

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