Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency, and to prepare for a potential outbreak, long-term care providers can take a page out of their COVID-19 pandemic playbooks, according to experts.
Three-fourths of LTC operators say they may not survive the year: AHCA/NCAL survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 30, 2021
Only a fourth of nursing homes and assisted living communities participating in a recent survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said they are confident they...
OSHA signals ‘increased aggressiveness’ in combating hazardous workplace situations
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 30, 2023
New enforcement guidelines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration indicate the federal agency’s “increased aggressiveness” against long-term care and other work sites where employee...
‘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...
ProMedica launches initiative to extend services ‘beyond the four walls of healthcare’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2021
Toledo, OH-based ProMedica, parent to ProMedica Senior Care, which includes the former HCR ManorCare, Arden Courts and Heartland, is changing its approach to healthcare to prioritize social determinants...
Feds target Medicare Advantage scam advertising
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking steps to protect consumers from scams or misleading ads for Medicare Advantage plans that target older adults. A proposed rule would ban ads that...
End of PHE a good time to review employee accommodations—carefully, EEOC says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2023
The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency does not mean that employers can automatically terminate reasonable accommodations that were provided due to pandemic-related circumstances, the Equal Employment...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 10
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2024
Morgan Stanley’s newly launched REIT could target senior housing … CareTrust REIT adds San Bernardino, CA, assisted living, memory care community in joint venture … Blueprint advises on sale of Cleveland-area...
Senator requests GAO study of unpaid caregivers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 13, 2024
US Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) has requested that the Government Accountability Office study and produce a report about the contributions that unpaid caregivers to older adults and children, as well as others...
State AG seeks input on two proposed mergers including long-term care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 05, 2023
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) is considering the proposed mergers between healthcare systems Essentia Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System and between health systems St. Luke’s Duluth...