Catholic Housing Management sets itself apart from Catholic Health Services with new brand, website
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 25, 2023
After operating for three decades under the umbrella of Catholic Health Services, Miami-based Catholic Housing Management is stepping out on its own with a new brand and new website.
Providers could be in for ‘draconian remedies’ as NLRB cracks down on repeated NLRA misconduct
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 24, 2023
Long-term care facility owners could face “draconian remedies,” an attorney predicted Friday, a day after the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision outlining potential actions it will consider...
One-fifth of Americans 59+ have net worth of $0 or less
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2023
Almost a third of Americans (31%) report having a net worth $0 or less, a new study finds. And for Americans 59 and older who may be contemplating retirement, 21% report that their total amount of liabilities...
Provider partners with local college to upgrade lab to train nursing assistants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 20, 2023
Oak Terrace North Mankato, an Oak Terrace Senior Living community in North Mankato, MN, is formalizing its relationship with nearby South Central College on a nursing assistant lab that now bears the provider’s...
More clarification, better definitions needed in CMS nursing home ownership rule, organizations say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
The comment period ended Friday for a Department of Health and Human Service proposed nursing home ownership disclosure rule intended to make more clear ownership and management operations of facilities....
Business briefs, April 19
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
Operator sued by former executive for retaliation, hostile work environment …. New law means some assisted living programs now subject to immediate prosecution over licensure … Green House model announces...
OSHA seeks input on ways to improve whistleblower protection program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2023
The public has until May 24 to weigh in on the Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s efforts to improve outreach and training on federal whistleblower laws.
Unfair labor practices charge filings, union petitions up from last year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2023
Unfair labor practice charges and union representation petitions are on the rise, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
Acts Retirement-Life, Mease Life consider affiliation
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2023
Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement–Life Communities and Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, have signed a letter of intent to explore a possible affiliation. A due diligence review has begun, and the companies...
USCIS reaches limit for additional returning worker H-2B visas
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2023
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap for the additional 16,500 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the early second...