Lessons from the pandemic can help ensure caregivers’ mental health and well-being
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Healthcare organizations’ disaster preparedness plans must include “explicit plans for supporting mental health,” say the authors of a new piece in JAMA Psychiatry.
Older workers’ on-the-job injuries most expensive: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2023
Workers aged 60 or more years are injured less often on the job than workers in most other age groups, but their injuries cost the most to treat. That’s according to a report from insurance company Travelers.
New merger guidelines would consider competition, market concentration
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 24, 2023
New merger guidelines proposed by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are meant to consider the intricacies of the modern economy, such mergers that are part of a series of multiple...
Long-term care sees record-level M&A activity
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Halfway through the year, the long-term care sector “continue[s] to see record-level activity and organizations exploring the benefits of a potential affiliation with another not-for-profit, as well...
Nursing care has fastest-growing prices of healthcare sectors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2023
Prices for nursing home care grew the fastest in June among the major healthcare categories, at 6.2%. Prices for home healthcare increased by 4.4%.
Overtime rule under review at White House
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2023
The Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule has made its way to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final review. OMB approval is required under a 1993 executive order that requires...
Minimum staffing requirements good idea in theory only: AHCA/NCAL
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 13, 2023
A federal nursing home minimum staffing mandate “sounds like a good idea, but in practice, it is not,” American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark...
Hiring, retaining workers starts with positive company culture
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 12, 2023
A positive company culture affects the bottom line and improves training, recruitment and retention, according to presenters at a Tuesday webinar hosted by Health Dimensions Group.
Service-providing jobs increase by 373,000, according to ADP report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2023
Service-providing jobs increased by 373,000 in June, according to a new report produced by the ADP Research Institute. Annual pay was up 6.4%.
FTC to crack down on fake business reviews, deceptive endorsements
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 07, 2023
A new rule proposed by the Federal Trade Commission would crack down on bogus online reviews of businesses and deceptive endorsements by penalizing bad actors.