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...
Background check bill raises red flags for advocates as overly broad
By
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...
Report from task force to address healthcare worker shortage coming in October
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2024
Texas’ Healthcare Workforce Task Force is up and running and set to release its final report Oct. 1.
Law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional, judge rules
By
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...
Business briefs, April 29
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 29, 2024
NIC notes 4 takeaways from first-quarter fundamentals …… Tennessee creates coordinated response to Alzheimer’s disease … Arizona assisted living community turns over control to third party amid...
States increase efforts to draw workers to healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Multiple states are taking efforts to build the healthcare workforce with training and certification programs.
Business briefs, April 26
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 26, 2024
Senate bill counts hospital ‘observation’ days toward time needed for skilled nursing coverage … This state is inching closer to universal sick leave … Senate, House appropriations subcommittees...
Maryland becomes sixth state to require salary, wage disclosures in job listings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2024
Effective Oct. 1, Maryland will join five other states and the District of Columbia in requiring employers to disclose salary or wage ranges upfront in job listings.
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...
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...