Public policy must address flaws in long-term care financing, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2024
Public policy needs to address flaws in Medicaid funding and encourage private planning for long-term care, according to experts speaking Tuesday during a panel discussion hosted by the Paragon Health...
Home health is fastest-growing component of national health spending
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 08, 2024
Year-over-year growth in the home health space was 13.5% in October, making it the fastest-growing component of national health spending, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators...
National health spending reached $45 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person, according to an analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published Wednesday...
Debt market liquidity top concern for long-term care investors: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 14, 2023
Half of long-term care investors see debt market liquidity as their top concern over the next 12 months, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s recent survey of more than 90 industry leaders. Sixty-eight...
Senior living investors struggle with near-term challenges
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 03, 2023
Senior living deals have been fraught this year with near-term challenges, such as higher interest rates, instability of some regional banks and turbulent capital markets, according to a new report from...
DOJ: Healthcare competition warrants ‘scrutiny and discussion’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2023
The Department of Justice is keeping an eye on potentially anti-competitive deals in the healthcare industry.
Senior housing and care M&A activity drops in third quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2023
Merger and acquisition activity in senior living and care dropped to 115 publicly announced deals in the third quarter compared with 120 known transactions in the second quarter, according to information...
Operator faces nearly $1M in damages for alleged racketeering
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 16, 2023
A group of nursing home residents and their families asked the 11th Circuit Court earlier this month to revive a 2018 class action suit accusing the operator of several skilled nursing facilities in Florida...
Nursing home, home health spending up year over year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
“July’s growth in health spending on nursing home care and home healthcare remained faster than the broader health spending trends,” Corwin (Corey) Rhyan, research director of health economics and...
Nurse engagement varies by generation, shift time, care setting
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 26, 2023
Most of America’s registered nurses report being “fully engaged” or “engaged” at work, according to the results of a new survey from market research and consulting company PRC. But the...