A bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms unanimously passed out of the Utah House of Representatives Feb. 12 and has...
Actions & Transactions, March 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 03, 2022
Ziegler closes $58.4M financing for Capital Manor … Colliers Mortgage provides $23.4M construction loan for Oxford, FL, senior housing development … Mercantile Bank helps Samaritas Affordable Senior...
Assisted living providers prohibited from denying employee COVID vaccine exemption requests
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2022
An amendment to an existing state law expands protections for employees subject to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates, further complicating the pandemic landscape for assisted living providers in Tennessee.
H-1B visa cap reached for fiscal year 2023
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2022
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the cap for the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa US advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s...
Almost $50 million in COVID-19 aid headed to Georgia assisted living communities
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Amy Novotney
Mar 15, 2022
Approximately $47 million in grants will be doled out to assisted living communities and personal care homes with 25 beds or more. Facilities can apply for up to $100,000 to assist with securing COVID-19...
$1.3 billion omnibus bill targets Minnesota’s long-term care workforce crisis
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
A comprehensive health and human services reform bill passed Tuesday by the Minnesota Senate aims to address the state’s long-term care workforce crisis.
More news for Tuesday, May 25
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 25, 2021
Bipartisan legislation seeks CHANGE to Alzheimer’s detection, screenings … Assisted living residents encouraged to prepare for August licensing changes in Minnesota … North Dakota Supreme Court denies...
Actions & Transactions, Sept. 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2021
HJ Sims closes $132.4M refinance for Benedictine Health System … $121M senior living complex to open in St. Louis area next month … Amsterdam at Harborside receives $40M in new financing … HUD awards...
More news for Tuesday, June 20
Jun 19, 2017
Senate GOP considers deeper Medicaid cuts than House bill … The Senate is close to a healthcare bill, but do Republicans have the votes? … FDA approves MRSA drug … Cleveland Clinic receives...
State allocates $1B+ for assistance to Medicaid, other program beneficiaries
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 17, 2022
Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp (R) has set aside more than $1 billion for the state Department of Human Services to provide cash assistance of up to $350 per active enrollee in Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition...