ACHCA joins in effort to ‘strongly urge’ COVID-19 vaccination in long-term care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2021
The American College of Health Care Administrators said late Tuesday that it is joining several other long-term care and healthcare-related groups in an effort to “strongly urge the vaccination of all...
AHCA/NCAL announces support of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for long-term care workers
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 29, 2021
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living “strongly urges” vaccination against COVID-19 for all healthcare personnel and supports all providers that adopt mandatory...
1.5 million reasons not to ‘rob’ senior living to pay for roads, bridges and sewer pipes
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2021
Senior living and care leaders turned up the pressure on members of Congress on Friday, pointing out the dangers associated with a rumored plan to take $24 billion away from the Provider Relief Fund —...
Reporting COVID vaccination data to CMS would be ‘burdensome,’ ‘redundant’ for assisted living,...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 14, 2021
Requiring assisted living providers to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government would add administrative and cost burdens to operators already challenged by the pandemic and even...
LaShuan Bethea to succeed Scott Tittle as NCAL executive director
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2021
LaShuan Bethea, J.D., M.Ed., BSN, RN, will become executive director of the National Center for Assisted Living on Sept. 1, succeeding Scott Tittle, who is leaving to join VIUM Capital as a managing director...
Industry continues to look to immigration reform to help address workforce shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2021
President Biden’s immigration reform policies, as well as immigration reform legislation being considered by Congress, offer potential solutions for ongoing workforce shortages affecting senior living,...
New HHS Secretary Becerra considered ‘friend of long-term care causes’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2021
Thursday’s news of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s confirmation as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was met with enthusiasm and pleas for pandemic-related...
Loosened visitation restrictions for senior living may follow issuance of guidance for nursing homes,...
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2021
Senior living industry groups said they are hopeful that the visitation rules for nursing homes released Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will spur states to make similar recommendations...
Eliminated from COVID relief package, senior living turns its focus to Provider Relief Fund
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2021
With Congress poised to pass the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act without dedicated coronavirus relief for senior living communities, the role of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security...
‘The situation is dire’: Provider group seeks $5 billion in COVID relief for senior living
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2021
The next COVID-19 relief package from the federal government must include $5 billion in funding for assisted living, independent living, memory care and continuing care retirement communities to help with...