Ventas sees strong pipeline of senior housing investments
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 02, 2024
Ventas is “focused on serving a large and growing aging population with an emphasis on senior housing,” the Chicago-based real estate investment trust said Monday in a business update issued in conjunction...
Living wills not relevant in signing arbitration agreements, court says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 02, 2024
Being the power of attorney of a living well does not give that person the right to sign arbitration agreements on behalf of the patient, the California Supreme Court ruled last Thursday. The decision...
Business briefs, April 2
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 02, 2024
CMS finalizes 3.7% adjustment in MA rates for 2025 … Experts fear ‘bigger, stronger stick’ in new Medicare pay rule … White House designates April as Case Workers Recognition Month … National...
Actions & Transactions, April 2
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 02, 2024
CREI Holdings secures $67M construction loan for affordable housing for seniors in metro Miami … CFG closes $17.4M for refinancing of 2 Florida SNFs … Blueprint arranges sale of 3-property senior living...
Texan has contracted H5N1 bird flu; CDC calls threat to public ‘low’
Apr 01, 2024
An unnamed person in Texas had been diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu after close contact with infected dairy cattle, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.
CDC: Tuberculosis case counts, rates increasing since 2020
Apr 01, 2024
Among all age groups and both US-born and non-US-born individuals, there were increases observed in national case counts.
Smartphone-based measures can help ID frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Apr 01, 2024
Individuals with frontotemporal lobar degeneration were accurately differentiated from controls with smartphone tests.
Cures Act tied to quicker release, access of imaging reports
Apr 01, 2024
Median time from report release to first patient access was shorter in younger patients versus older patients (1.8 hours for patients younger than 60 years versus 4.3 hours for patients aged 60 years and...
New federal rule means hospitals need written consent for pelvic, prostate exams
Apr 01, 2024
The HHS also issued a new set of guidelines clarifying a longstanding requirement that hospitals must obtain written informed consent as a condition for being reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid.
ASA teases launch of new institute; will offer virtual programming for agetech orgs, senior living
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 01, 2024
A new tech institute will unfold in multiple stages, with the goal of bringing technology and senior living and care organizations together to collaborate.