Governor’s budget includes $211.2M for direct care workforce … Organizations ask HHS to extend the public health emergency … Cincinnati SNF to close by end of year
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.
Legislative committee considers locating child care centers in nursing homes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
Child care centers could be located in nursing homes under a proposal discussed Monday by the South Dakota Study Committee on Sustainable Models for Long Term Care.
Assisted living providers may face new requirements before evicting residents
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 10, 2022
Assisted living operators would need to meet new requirements before evicting residents under legislation passed Monday by the Virginia General Assembly. The bill has been sent to Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R)...
Background check bill raises red flags for advocates as overly broad
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2022
The Connecticut Senate is mulling legislation that would require long-term care facilities to conduct background checks on prospective residents and staff. But some opponents say the legislation is overly...
Business briefs, Sept. 12
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2023
Asking rates hit near record highs in all senior living segments … Governor announces $30M in loan repayment for healthcare professionals who serve Hawaii … Curana Health, Serviam launch Value-Based...
Kansas providers may face fee hike after audit reveals many wrongly paid cut-rate assessments
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2024
Continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes in Kansas could face additional scrutiny — and in some cases, higher fees — after a recent audit from the Kansas Medicaid inspector general’s...
Law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional, judge rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2022
A California law requiring corporate boards to name at least three women as directors is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled May 13. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said that the...
Discrimination based on height, weight now illegal in NYC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2023
It is now illegal in New York City for employers to discriminate based on height or weight requirements.
States, courts take actions that complicate vaccine mandate effects
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2021
So far, courts across the country—all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court—have sided with state governments on imposed vaccine requirements. The justices declined Friday to even hear a case challenging...