Communities face potential investigation, legal action over $900 COVID-19 fee allegedly charged to residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 28, 2020
The Michigan Attorney General’s office on Thursday issued a cease and desist letter to 11 senior living communities throughout the state’s Lower Peninsula, along with their parent and management companies,...
Involuntary assisted living discharge proposal back in spotlight
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 01, 2023
A proposal bashed by senior living advocates is back in the spotlight in Kansas after a state council proposed that assisted living operators give residents 30 days’ notice of involuntary removal and...
Providers seek $450 million from PA stimulus funds to cover pandemic costs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2021
Senior living associations in Pennsylvania are lobbying legislators for $54 million for assisted living and personal care providers from the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding to the state. The ask...
Assisted living communities left out of state COVID-19 testing, data initiatives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 19, 2020
Associations representing assisted living operators are calling attention to the fact that in some states, assisted living communities are being left out of testing and data initiatives.
Managed care partnerships present benefits, challenges for assisted living operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 01, 2023
California managed care plans are partnering with providers to improve access to assisted living, but advocates say that some challenges exist.
Law targeting staffing agency tactics removes providers from staffing ‘hostage situations’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2023
Senior living advocates say passage of a nurse staffing agency bill in New Hampshire will prevent providers from being forced to pay ransom in a “sort of hostage situation” for temporary nurses.
Temporary staffing agencies thrust more into crosshairs amid workforce crisis
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 28, 2023
A bill recently introduced in Oregon would make temporary staffing agencies more transparent and affordable, senior living advocates say.
Senior living needs COVID-19 tests, too, Argentum tells HHS as Ohio issues mandate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2020
Nursing homes aren’t the only long-term care settings that need testing capabilities amid the coronavirus pandemic, Argentum President and CEO James Balda said a day after HHS announced it would be sending...
Aging services providers, ‘hurtling towards a fiscal cliff,’ seek federal resources
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 21, 2020
As Florida has become the “epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic” and the Trump administration seeks to block COVID-19 funding for states, national and state aging services organizations on Monday released...
Report says ‘aspirational vision’ for assisted living unattainable without additional resources
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 24, 2024
A post-pandemic analysis of New Jersey’s long-term care industry, including assisted living, created an “aspirational vision” of what the industry could be, but the state’s failure to provide resources...