Industry advocates join coalition to support federal bill requiring use of Alzheimer’s detection tools
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 04, 2023
A bipartisan bill requiring the use of cognitive impairment detection tools in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias has the support of the senior living industry.
Brookdale faces SNF lawsuit from coalition including Biden’s pick for HHS secretary
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2021
A lawsuit filed Monday accuses Brookdale Senior Living of lying to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to inflate the star ratings awarded to some of its skilled nursing facilities. The legal...
Full court won’t rehear False Claims Act case against Brookdale Senior Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2018
A 6th Circuit Court of Appeals panel said Wednesday that the full court will not rehear a June 11 decision that revived a False Claims Act case against Brookdale Senior Living that had that originated...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Uber Caregiver launches insurance-covered service for older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 21, 2024
Older adults may now be able to use their health plans to pay for rides to medical appointments and delivery of groceries through a new Uber Caregiver program being launched this summer.
Brookdale, Sabra detail second-quarter earnings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2023
Second-quarter earnings reports continued Tuesday with calls held by Brookdale Senior Living and Sabra Health Care REIT.
Supreme Court declines to review Brookdale Senior Living case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 20, 2019
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request by Brookdale Senior Living to review a case, first brought in 2012, that alleges fraudulent Medicare billing of approximately $35 million by the country’s...
Healthcare quarantines spur staffing concerns
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 12, 2020
As nursing homes, assisted-living centers and other senior living communities across the country work overtime prepping to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among its residents and staff, operators...
Largest senior living providers in 2017 named by Argentum
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2017
This year’s list features 115 companies with a total of almost 550,000 independent living, assisted living and memory care units.
Brookdale asks court to reconsider False Claims Act ruling, and two ‘friends’ file briefs...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2018
Brookdale Senior Living is asking the full 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to review a June 11 ruling by a three-judge panel of the court that revived a False Claims Act case against the company that originated...