Aegis CEO Dwayne Clark: Growth is both art and science
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2020
Dwayne Clark founded Aegis Living in 1997 after a career including positions at Sunrise Senior Living and Leisure Care. The company’s first community opened in 1998, and today, the Bellevue, WA-based...
U.S. assisted living charges range from $50,892 to $62,976 per year, on average: survey
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2020
Assisted living operators nationwide in 2019 charged average monthly prices from $4,241 for a studio apartment to $5,248 for a two-bedroom unit, but pricing varied greatly based on location, according...
Medicaid fraud discovered because of murder pushes nationwide assisted living monetary recoveries to...
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2020
Efforts by state Medicaid Fraud Control Units resulted in a total of 23 criminal convictions and more than $2.2 million in criminal monetary recoveries related to assisted living in fiscal year 2019, according...
New assisted living regulations must not negatively affect care, industry advocates say
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 16, 2020
Senior living provider advocates in Georgia say they will be watching regulatory and legislative responses to a recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation of the industry in Georgia to try to ensure...
Release of full 2020 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 report provides additional insights into top operators
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 28, 2020
After releasing a “sneak peek” at the top 10 providers in September, LeadingAge and Ziegler have released the full LeadingAge Ziegler 200 compilation of the country’s largest not-for-profit senior...
Almost 40% of surveyed M&A executives are considering long-term care
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 03, 2018
The category of home health, long-term care and hospice services holds high interest for more than one-third of corporate or private equity executives planning to make an acquisition in the next 12 to...
Government oversteps authority in proposed rule that would increase costs, liabilities for assisted living...
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Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2018
A proposed rule that the Florida Department of Elder Affairs says addresses safety and quality issues in Sunshine State assisted living communities is being challenged by two associations representing...
LeadingAge leaders share a plan for ‘turbulent times’
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2017
The past year has been one of “natural disasters and political upheaval,” LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan told those attending Monday’s general session at the LeadingAge...
Trump administration will develop own overtime rule
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2017
The Department of Labor under President Trump plans to develop its own rule regarding overtime pay rather than continue a legal battle to enact a rule proposed under the Obama administration, government...
Feds sue to seize $30 million in properties owned by purported senior living developer
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Lois A. Bowers
May 30, 2017
Federal prosecutors are suing to seize nine properties, worth a total of $30 million, that they say a purported senior living community developer bought with proceeds from a multimillion dollar scheme...