Assisted living could receive part of $40 million meant to address workforce challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2022
Healthcare workforce challenges have prompted two Oregon state agencies to ask lawmakers to provide $40 million in additional funding to alleviate financial burdens among senior living and other long-term...
Washington state easing pandemic restrictions in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2022
Washington state will rescind COVID-19 proclamations governing assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities Oct. 27 following federal easing of pandemic guidelines.
Staffing trends study could create roadmap for helping long-term care industry
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 23, 2022
The state of Pennsylvania is undertaking a study of staffing trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to determine how to help the long-term care industry.
Assisted living providers prohibited from denying employee COVID vaccine exemption requests
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2022
An amendment to an existing state law expands protections for employees subject to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates, further complicating the pandemic landscape for assisted living providers in Tennessee.
‘Natural immunity’ now satisfies employer vaccine mandates in Utah
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2022
Natural immunity to COVID-19 infection could allow Utah senior living and other workers to sidestep workplace vaccine mandates.
States don’t wait as fate of federal COVID vaccine mandates remains uncertain
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
As employers wait to see whether the Supreme Court will issue stays against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
More news for Thursday, Jan. 6
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2022
San Francisco to require COVID-19 boosters for healthcare workers … Assisted living community cited for knowingly employing unvaccinated workers … CMS extends California’s Medicaid waivers … Senior...
Provider group reaffirms support for COVID-19 vaccine mandates despite legal challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2021
As federal courts block COVID-19 vaccine mandates, one aging services advocate has reaffirmed its support for vaccines for the state’s healthcare workforce.
Support for vaccination mandates in senior living continues to grow
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2021
At least half of Florida’s assisted living communities already have implemented — or plan to initiate — COVID-19 vaccination mandates for staff members, according to a recent poll.
$3 million Medicaid reimbursement bump a ‘lifesaver’ for some assisted living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2021
A temporary 25% Medicaid reimbursement rate bump is being called a “lifesaver” for some assisted living providers, according to New Jersey senior living associations.