COVID-19 booster rollout needs reboot to protect older adults … Artificial intelligence prompts older adults’ participation in research studies … Third ‘grandparent scam’ defendant pleads guilty...
LTC Properties defers or abates $2 million in rent as operators feel ‘some stress’
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Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2022
Long-term care operators felt “some stress” in the first quarter as they continued to confront labor pressures and inflation, LTC Properties Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson said Friday during the Westlake...
Assisted living operators get second chance at Provider Relief Fund money
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 29, 2022
Some assisted living providers previously denied financial aid from the federal government for their COVID-19-related expenses or lost revenue now may be eligible to receive payments from the Provider...
$1.3 billion omnibus bill targets Minnesota’s long-term care workforce crisis
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
A comprehensive health and human services reform bill passed Tuesday by the Minnesota Senate aims to address the state’s long-term care workforce crisis.
Federal crackdown uncovers $149 million in healthcare-related COVID-19 fraud
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 21, 2022
The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced criminal charges against 21 companies in nine federal districts for an alleged $149 million in pandemic-related healthcare fraud schemes.
HHS announces distribution of $1.75 billion in Provider Relief Fund payments
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 14, 2022
More than $1.75 billion in Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund payments are going out to more than 3,600 providers, the Department of Health and Human Service’s Health Resources and Services Administration...
Public health emergency extended 90 more days
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 14, 2022
The federal public health emergency related to COVID-19 is being renewed effective Saturday, when the existing one was set to expire, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.
COVID-19 negligence claims against long-term care providers ‘disregard reality’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 13, 2022
A COVID-19 negligence suit against a Wisconsin assisted living community is just one of many legal actions facing long-term care facilities across the country.
Take residents off the menu, put relief on the table, Argentum says as House passes $55 billion aid package
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2022
Argentum is expressing “outrage” over a $55 billion federal aid package for bars, bakeries and baseball that leaves out assisted living communities once again.
More news for Friday, April 8
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2022
CBRE Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey identifies industry trends … Senior housing staffing shortages move from severe to moderate: NIC … CMS finalizes Medicare coverage policy for Alzheimer’s...