House committee discusses 7 bills aimed at ‘rebuilding pipeline of future workers’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Seven current pieces of legislation are aimed at revitalizing the frontline workforce in healthcare, and legislators discussed them Tuesday at a House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing.
Actions & Transactions, Oct. 25
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2021
Monarch Alternative Capital, American House form joint venture to invest in senior housing … Forbright Bank to launch platform to facilitate federally insured loans for skilled nursing and assisted living...
Biden administration pledges $100M to boost recruitment, retention of healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services will aid state-run programs that support, recruit and retain healthcare workers in underserved communities by making $100 million in American Rescue Plan funding...
Actions & Transactions, Oct. 14
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 14, 2021
American House Development, MHT Housing partner to develop senior community in MI … CHA Partners celebrates the official grand opening of LIVIA East Hanover … New Perspective breaks ground on new...
Business briefs, Oct. 12
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2021
HUD interim final rule will require HUD-assisted owners to notify tenants of emergency rental assistance … North Shore Healthcare partners with Sound Physicians … WV senators announce grants for affordable...
Operators need virtual assistant policies to navigate ‘patchwork’ of federal, state laws
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 07, 2021
Many senior living and care operators are scrambling to develop policies for virtual assistants that are consistent with federal and state privacy laws.
With business support lacking, Ohio Legislature pulls vaccine mandate exemption legislation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2021
A vote on a bill that would grant numerous exemptions to workers subject to employer vaccine mandates was postponed in the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday after the Ohio Chamber of Commerce...
Actions & Transactions, Sept. 28
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 28, 2021
Ryan Companies breaks ground on $60M senior living community in Minnesota … BHI Healthcare Group provides $31.1M to Lionstone Care for acquisition of New Jersey assisted living and memory care community...
HUD awards $143 million in grants for affordable senior housing
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 24, 2021
The grants will go toward development of multifamily construction projects, ongoing project rental assistance for very low-income seniors under the department’s Section 202 Supportive Housing for the...
24 state attorneys general threaten legal action over ‘disastrous and counterproductive’ vaccine...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2021
President Joe Biden’s plan to require employers with 100 or more workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or frequent testing is meeting with opposition at the state level, with 24 Republican attorneys...