DOL will soon announce new workplace rules in light of COVID
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 28, 2021
After weeks of delay, the Labor Department has sent a draft of emergency workplace safety rules aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 to the Office of Management and Budget. The standards had been...
Complete Care to acquire Hackensack Meridian long-term care holdings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 24, 2022
Tom’s River, NJ-based Complete Care Management is acquiring most of Hackensack Meridian Health’s long-term care holdings in a 10-year agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Complete Care...
10 senior living design trends for 2018
Jan 02, 2018
Austin, TX-based senior living interior design firm studioSIX5 has identified several trends for 2018.
Washington long-term care insurance program, a ‘compliance nightmare,’ may face ERISA preemption
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2021
Washington state passed the nation’s first publicly-operated long-term care insurance program in 2019 to help offset assisted living and other costs.
With a second round of stimulus checks on the way to many Americans, the Federal Trade Commission is advising consumers to report “grabby” assisted living and nursing home operators who try to take...
Medicaid block grants will help address ‘looming cost crisis’ due to aging population, CMS says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2020
The Medicaid block grant program announced Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services won’t directly affect elderly and disabled beneficiaries, CMS Administrative Seema Verma said, but...
Genetics, diet quality independently linked to T2DM risk
Apr 28, 2022
Low diet quality versus high diet quality was linked to about a 30% increase in risk for type 2 diabetes regardless of genetic risk.
Antidepressants not tied to long-term boost in quality of life
Apr 20, 2022
No improvement was seen in physical or mental health-related quality of life.
Methotrexate-related AEs profiled in early rheumatoid arthritis
Feb 09, 2022
Adverse events are common during first year of methotrexate therapy for early rheumatoid arthritis, but most are not serious.
Risk for carditis tied to second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Jan 27, 2022
No such increased risk was seen with the Sinovac inactivated virus vaccine.