Nebraska seeks to provide $40 million to help assisted living, skilled nursing battle ‘invisible monster’...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 05, 2020
Nebraska is looking to provide $40 million to help operators of assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities with their coronavirus pandemic-related expenses.
CDC updates report on assisted living community characteristics
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2019
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics sheds light on the characteristics of the 28,900 assisted living and similar residential care...
The COVID-19 turn of the screw
By
Liza Berger
Aug 27, 2021
This move toward mandates no doubt is a bitter pill for providers to swallow.
Last-minute changes to state bill would give providers more say in visitation rights for families
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 09, 2022
After some tweaking in the legislature, a bill that would ensure visitation rights for families of people in long-term care facilities and hospitals cleared the Wyoming House last week and now is moving...
Facility owner gets prison time and probation, ordered to pay $3,000 for neglecting residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 21, 2017
The owner of a licensed Nevada assisted living facility was sentenced to 179 days in prison and three years of probation and was ordered to pay $3,000 after investigators said she admitted residents who...
Washington legislators consider increasing assisted living fines
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2017
Assisted living community operators in the state of Washington would see increased civil penalties of up to $3,000 for violations of licensing statutes or rules, and fines would be increased to up to $10,000...
Pandemic has bolstered LTSS, advocacy firm finds
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 02, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed state policymakers to make their Medicaid programs more flexible, analysts from Manatt Health, with funding from The SCAN Foundation, reveal in a recently published resource...
13 arrested for stealing more than $20,000 from 8 AL residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 14, 2016
A former resident care assistant and 12 others have been arrested for stealing and cashing more than $20,000 in checks belonging to eight residents of an Alabama assisted living community, according to...
Take stock of LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination practices, attorneys advise
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2022
Treating residents as individuals, training staff members and having the appropriate policies and procedures in place are key takeaways for senior living communities and other long-term care facilities...
Ascension to explore establishing Medicare Advantage plan with Centene
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 31, 2018
Ascension and Centene Corp. have signed a letter of intent to explore a joint venture to establish a Medicare Advantage plan that would serve as a preferred model in multiple geographic markets beginning...