Feds announce Provider Relief Fund application for private-pay assisted living
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2020
Private-pay assisted living communities now may apply for funding under the Provider Relief Fund phase 2 general distribution allocation, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday through...
Sept. 13 is new deadline for eligible assisted living operators to apply for Provider Relief Fund
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2020
Eligible assisted living operators and other eligible providers now have until Sept. 13 to apply for the phase 2 general distribution of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider...
Long-term care groups, 490 others, call for enactment of COVID-related legal protections ‘as soon as...
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2020
Proposed legislation that would protect healthcare providers from COVID-19-related lawsuits “is critically needed and should be enacted as soon as possible,” 495 organizations, including several associations...
Capital Senior Living makes moves to improve financial position
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2020
Capital Senior Living plans to transfer operations and ownership of 18 senior living communities to Fannie Mae, the company announced Thursday. The move follows several steps Capital announced in May “to...
Aging services leaders issue urgent plea for federal plan to end ‘national nightmare’ of COVID-19
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 06, 2020
A federal plan is needed to end the “national nightmare” of the pandemic, the leaders of six national organizations representing aging services providers told the president, vice president and leaders...
Senior living needs ‘substantial and immediate financial relief’ from COVID-19, leaders tell federal...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 21, 2020
Senior living operators require “substantial and immediate financial relief” from expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the leaders of four major associations representing operators of independent...
HHS extends deadline for assisted living operators to apply for CARES Act funding
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 20, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday extended until Aug. 3 the deadline for eligible state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers, including assisted living operators,...