California bill would impose more controls on private equity investments in healthcare
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 09, 2024
A bill under consideration by the California State Legislature would “add scrutiny on private equity companies when considering healthcare investments, amplifying the pressure already imposed by enforcement...
State allocates $1B+ for assistance to Medicaid, other program beneficiaries
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 17, 2022
Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp (R) has set aside more than $1 billion for the state Department of Human Services to provide cash assistance of up to $350 per active enrollee in Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition...
Proposed state budget makes critical investments in senior living and care, advocates say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2023
Senior living and care advocates are cheering Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) budget proposal for 2023-2025.
With business support lacking, Ohio Legislature pulls vaccine mandate exemption legislation
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2021
A vote on a bill that would grant numerous exemptions to workers subject to employer vaccine mandates was postponed in the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday after the Ohio Chamber of Commerce...
Operators could face ‘significant roadblocks’ trying to access $46 million in workforce development...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2022
Assisted living operators in Texas are eligible for grants from a $46 million fund set up by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for a variety of workforce initiatives, including recruitment...
Legislators introduce bill to retain nurses in Ohio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2023
Long-term care providers in Ohio appear to be left out of a newly introduced bill aimed at retaining nurses in the Buckeye State and alleviating some of the final burdens associated with earning a degree...
U.S. appeals court denies religious exemption for state’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2021
A three-panel federal appeals court on Friday removed a lower court’s temporary injunction that had allowed healthcare workers to seek religious exemptions to New York state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Career pathway programs can mitigate workforce shortages: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Some states are looking at developing career pathway programs as a strategy to address or mitigate workforce shortages in long-term care, according to a recent report from the National Conference of State...
24 state attorneys general threaten legal action over ‘disastrous and counterproductive’ vaccine...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2021
President Joe Biden’s plan to require employers with 100 or more workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or frequent testing is meeting with opposition at the state level, with 24 Republican attorneys...
State Supreme Court re-examines 8-year-old nursing home class action lawsuit
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2023
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reopened a nearly decade-old class action lawsuit against a nursing home provider after the plaintiffs claimed that Judge Timothy Fox “repeatedly failed to follow...