HHS pushes use of Medicare claims to ID abuse, neglect in assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2023
Assisted living communities were among the healthcare settings associated with incidents of potential abuse or neglect of Medicare beneficiaries in an audit of claims data, prompting a review of data to...
Republicans coming again for healthcare worker vaccine mandate
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 31, 2023
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives is expected to vote on two bills today that would have significant effects for long-term care providers.
Providers continue to face workforce challenges as Careers in Aging Week arrives
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
The long-term care industry is celebrating frontline workers this week during Careers in Aging Week as they continue to face workforce shortages.
Workforce challenges threaten service delivery for PACE participants: Altarum
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Workforce challenges threaten to complicate service delivery for Program for All Inclusive-Care for the Elderly participants, according to the results of the second and final Altarum PACE Pandemic Response...
Healthcare REIT ratings expected to hold despite staffing mandate, Fitch says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2023
Real estate investment trusts that own skilled nursing facilities are not likely to see their ratings affected by a minimum staffing rule that will affect most nursing homes across the country within the...
State regulations on training, staffing levels affect end-of-life care quality: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 07, 2023
More specific direct care worker training requirements in assisted living communities may help decrease the number of end-of-life care transitions, and more explicit staffing regulations may increase those...
Senior living communities adopt regional approach to staff COVID-19 vaccine mandates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2021
Eight Lancaster, PA, senior living communities have banded together in announcing a COVID-19 staff vaccination requirement in the “best interest of everyone in our individual communities, as well as...
Business briefs, Aug. 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 01, 2024
CMS increase abilities to fine nursing homes, hikes Medicare pay by 4.2% … CMS gives hospices payment bump of 2.9% for FY 2025 … USCIS to conduct second random selection for H-1B cap registrations...
Newly unveiled American Jobs Plan could lead to union organizing uptick
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 05, 2021
Brace yourselves, home care agency owners: President Biden’s $2 trillion American Jobs Plan could set the stage for an expansion of union organization in the home care industry — one of the nation’s...
EEOC says COVID-19 antibody tests cannot be used to determine if employees can return to work
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 19, 2020
Employers cannot mandate a COVID-19 antibody test before allowing employees to re-enter the workplace, according to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance released Wednesday.