Price of proposed nursing home staffing mandate? Try $11.3B a year, new AHCA report finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2022
The American Health Care Association Thursday released an updated report from accounting and consulting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP detailing the costs of a potential federal staffing mandate for America’s...
Senior living and care advocates make ‘top lobbyists’ list
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 08, 2022
Leaders from the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, Argentum and LeadingAge have been named on The Hill’s “Top Lobbyists 2022” list, published Wednesday.
Industry weighs in on immigration as expected House vote approaches
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2022
Long-term care provider advocates have been urging the federal government to look at immigration reform as one solution to the direct care workforce shortage.
Nursing home industry reacts to White House ‘all-hands-on-deck’ approach in promoting COVID-19 booster...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 28, 2022
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living and LeadingAge applaud the While House for being proactive in encouraging Americans and especially older adults to get their updated...
$80M federal program to boost nursing training
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2022
The Department of Labor will beef up its Nursing Expansion Grant Program with $80 million in grants, the department announced Monday.
New program aims to improve long-term care vaccination rates, care by building trust
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2022
Providers of skilled nursing and assisted living need to develop trust-building skills and practices to continue to increase vaccine uptake and staff member retention as well as improve infection prevention...
Nursing home workforce recovery will take until 2026 without a ‘boost’: AHCA
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2022
Recovery to pre-pandemic staffing levels in nursing homes could take until 2026 unless the industry receives a “boost” from policymakers, the American Health Care Association said Monday.
Minimum staffing levels would cost nursing homes $10 billion a year: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
The federal government’s proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes could cost the industry $10 billion a year because tens of thousands of additional caregivers would need to be hired,...
AHCA calls for action as 60 percent of SNFs limit new admissions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2022
Six out of 10 nursing homes are refraining from admitting new residents due to historic staffing shortages, according to a survey by the American Health Care Association. This reality presents a problem...
Report: Public health emergency will be extended again
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to extend the public health emergency before it expires in mid-July, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.