Inflation, staffing pose pressures for not-for-profit life plan communities: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 29, 2022
The not-for-profit continuing care / life plan communities sector has “broadly recovered” from pandemic stressors, but challenges lie ahead. That’s according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.
Business briefs, June 1
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 01, 2022
Regional Health Properties hears from NYSE American about late filing of quarterly report … Fitch Ratings affirms Mary’s Woods at Marylhurst at BB; outlook stable … Greatness Digital pivots toward...
‘Long COVID’ could mean insurance cost increases for employers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 12, 2022
More than two years into adjusting to the “new normal” brought on by COVID-19, employers now are faced with navigating the reality of “long COVID,” a wide range of ongoing health problems that...
Investors remain bullish on long-term care even as facilities default in record numbers: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2022
Fueled by losses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, more senior living and care community owners are defaulting on municipal bonds more than ever before. At the same time, however, investors stand ready...
OIG wants $1.9 million, more oversight from New York for Medicaid assisted living program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2022
The state of New York should reimburse the federal Medicaid program $1.9 million and strengthen oversight of its Medicaid assisted living program, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s Office...
Citing staffing concerns, 2 governors ask for ‘relief’ from CMS vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2022
Republican governors Jim Justice of West Virginia and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia requested “relief” Monday in the form of broader exemptions from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ vaccine...
HIPAA privacy rule permits employer inquiries of vaccination status: HHS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 05, 2021
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act does not prohibit an individual or business from asking whether someone has received a particular vaccine, including a COVID-19 vaccine, nor does...
Inflation Reduction Act has mixed value for older adults, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 17, 2022
President Biden signed into law Tuesday the Inflation Reduction Act, which has significant healthcare provisions. According to one industry expert, however, the legislation falls short on helping older...
FTC, DOJ launch public inquiry into illegal mergers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 21, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division launched a joint public inquiry Tuesday aimed at modernizing federal merger guidelines to better prevent illegal, anticompetitive...
Wellness programming and creating an age-friendly culture in the workplace are keys to recruiting and retaining older employees, according to a Mather Institute survey of 232 senior living employees aged...