AG approves management transfer of 7 ProMedica SNFs to Providence Group
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 27, 2023
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) has given conditional approval to transfer management of seven skilled nursing facilities operated by Toledo, OH-based ProMedica to Providence Group, a California...
Americans would have difficulty paying for a year of long-term care: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2023
The majority of adults say that it would be “impossible” or “very difficult” to pay for long-term care, according to the results of a survey by KFF, published last week.
2024 to be year of ‘extraordinary growth’ for Wellower, CEO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 15, 2024
2024 will be a year of “extraordinary growth” for Welltower, CEO Shankh Mitra predicted Friday in an annual report to investors.
Arbitration agreements would be prohibited as condition of admission under proposed federal law
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2024
Nursing homes would be prohibited from requiring or soliciting residents to sign pre-dispute, mandatory, binding arbitration agreements as a condition of admission under a bill introduced Tuesday by Sens....
Lutheran Senior Services/Diakon agreement forms one of largest US nonprofit LTC organizations
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2024
Diakon Senior Living operations and its four continuing care retirement / life plan communities will become part of Lutheran Senior Services under an agreement announced Wednesday that the organizations...
Good Sam, Ebenezer parents’ merger faces new challenge from healthcare union
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2023
A planned merger between the parent companies of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Ebenezer Senior Living, which seemed all but certain a few months ago, is facing mounting challenges...
Nursing home, home health fast-growing health spending categories
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2023
Healthcare prices increased in April by 3.4% year over year despite slowing inflation, representing the fastest overall healthcare price growth since December 2007. That’s according to Altarum’s monthly...
State staffing policies could hamper MedPAC’s recommendations on federal mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 11, 2022
A federal minimum staffing mandate is on the horizon for nursing homes at the beginning of 2023. Providers and experts wonder just how the proposed mandate might address historic staffing shortages without...
NHI sees ‘significantly increased’ inquiries, is positioned for growth with ‘fortress-like’ balance...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2024
National Health Investors is starting to see more “actionable activity” in its investment pipeline, Chief Investment Officer Kevin Pascoe told investors and analysts Wednesday during a fourth-quarter...
Alwan leaves ‘gratifying’ experience at LeadingAge to start private consulting service
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 14, 2022
After 15 years of full-time employment with LeadingAge, and several years of consulting before that, Majd Alwan, PhD, is branching out on his own.