More senators urge HHS to distribute PRF resources to healthcare providers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other Republican senators have added their voices to the growing number of lawmakers urging Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to release...
Federal government boosts support of HCBS, releases worker registry guidance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2023
When the American Rescue Plan Act was passed in 2021, home- and community-based services were estimated to receive $12 billion. Now, $37 billion is now being used for HCBS across the country in all 50...
Ventas reportedly in talks to buy all or part of Brookdale
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2017
Healthcare real estate investment trust Ventas is in talks to purchase all or part of Brookdale Senior Living, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Older adults have mixed views of telehealth for consultations, chronic care, poll finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 01, 2018
More than half of older adults in a recent poll said they would be comfortable using a live video service such as Skype for a medication consultation or for ongoing management of a chronic condition, although...
‘Big and bold changes’ coming? Well, this could get interesting
By
John O'Connor
Mar 29, 2018
The new boss at Health and Human Services is on a mission.
Let’s worry about real threats
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2014
We have far more to dread than an Ebola outbreak.
Three clear signs of change
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2014
These new shifts clearly point toward a different future
Justice Department acts to dismantle fraud schemes targeting elderly
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 22, 2016
The Justice Department and additional agencies Thursday announced enforcement actions and the execution of search warrants to combat a global network of mass mailing fraud schemes that they said collectively...
COVID-19 digital memorial binds strangers through shared grief
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 13, 2022
Alex Goldstein started a Twitter feed he called FacesOfCOVID for his own personal catharsis, he found that it provided a space for public recognition and memorial when those opportunities were limited.
Older adults need care that reflects, anticipates needs to prevent rehospitalization
By
Amanda Tufano
Sep 30, 2021
Making things easier for the older adults in our lives will give us all less reason to worry about healthcare as we grow older.