Updated: LaVie Care Centers files for bankruptcy; asset sales possible this year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 03, 2024
Atlanta-based LaVie Care Centers, which operates 43 licensed skilled nursing facilities in five states, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with asset sales possible.
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires ‘reasonable accommodations,’ but what is reasonable?
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2024
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which went into effect in June, requires employers with 15 or more employees to make reasonable accommodations for a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy,...
Los Angeles, DC, New York top EPA’s list of cities with the most Energy Star-certified buildings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2024
Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and New York City are the three cities with the most Energy Star-certified buildings, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Workers value health insurance, paid time off, retirement plans ahead of other benefits
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2024
Healthcare workers value health insurance, paid time off and access to a retirement plan above any other benefits an employer might offer, according to a report released Tuesday by the TIAA Institute.
Business briefs, Oct. 25
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2021
CMS issues guidance to states regarding COVID-19-related treatment without cost-sharing in Medicaid, other programs … National Senior Campuses retains top spot on 2021 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list …...
Family caregivers face financial balancing act between work, home responsibilities: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2024
Family caregivers face unique challenges, such as balancing work responsibilities with caregiving duties.
Senator requests GAO study of unpaid caregivers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 13, 2024
US Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) has requested that the Government Accountability Office study and produce a report about the contributions that unpaid caregivers to older adults and children, as well as others...
American Healthcare REIT now owns 76 percent of Trilogy Health Services
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 15, 2024
American Healthcare REIT owns 76% of Trilogy Health Services as of April 15, AHR reported Tuesday during an earnings call.
Vote for incumbent directors, NHI advises in supplemental proxy
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2024
National Health Investors is asking stockholders to reject an activist investor’s recommendation to not re-elect two of three people up for re-election to the board of the Murfreesboro, TN-based real...
Social Security, Medicare solvency improves slightly, but ‘significant financing issues’...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
The Treasury Department — with the departments of Health and Human Services and Labor, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration — released the annual Social...