‘Break that cycle’ of low nursing home reimbursement, wages, Collins says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2021
Long-term care advocates received some encouragement from Thursday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee’s Primary Health and Retirement Security subcommittee....
Business briefs, Dec. 1
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2021
Federal judge blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors from going into effect in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee … Traverse City, MI, assisted living community closes, citing workforce shortage...
Business briefs, Nov. 19
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 19, 2021
Atria, Holiday top list as 439 senior living communities named ‘Caring Stars of 2022’ … Florida lawmakers pass bill restricting vaccine mandates … Argentum joins Pennsylvania Assisted Living...
$10 billion bipartisan bill aims to address financial losses, workforce shortages in assisted living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2022
Assisted living providers would receive $10 billion in funding to help them recover from pandemic-related financial and workforce challenges if a bipartisan bill introduced Thursday by U.S. Reps. Lori...
New online training covers financial management for skilled nursing facilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 11, 2022
The American Health Care Association launched the Revenue Cycle Management Academy for skilled nursing facility revenue management training.
Lack of data makes it difficult to address workforce challenges: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2022
Data collection has not kept pace with the changing pace of the direct care workforce, complicating policymaker and employer efforts to address the challenges workers face, according to a new report from...
Operators welcome delays in enforcing New York’s nursing home staffing requirements
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2022
Some unions and advocates for older adults are concerned that minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes passed last May by New York state lawmakers have not taken effect.
Investigations in 660 tax and money laundering cases have uncovered more than $1.8 billion in alleged COVID-19 fraud over the past two years, IRS Criminal Investigation announced Thursday.
Long-term care sector must reinvest, rebuild workforce to meet ‘long tail’ COVID challenges: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 10, 2021
Long-term care providers — in senior living, skilled nursing, home care and adult day services — must invest in their workforces if they are to survive the difficult circumstances facing the sector...
Few long-term care operators report being fully staffed
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 23, 2021
Just 1% of nursing homes and 4% of assisted living communities participating in a recent survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living reported being fully staffed....