Philip Esformes pleads guilty to healthcare fraud, sentenced to time served
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2024
Former assisted living community and nursing home owner Philip Esformes pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud on Thursday and received a sentence of time served, ending a case the federal government at one...
Brookdale Senior Living CEO: ‘Too soon to tell’ outcome of Senate inquiry
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living’s leader said Wednesday she is confident in the company’s priorities in the face of growing scrutiny of the industry by the lay media and policymakers.
Court upholds arbitration agreement in assisted living resident’s wrongful death lawsuit
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 21, 2024
The family of an assisted living resident who filed a wrongful death lawsuit is bound by an arbitration agreement signed when the resident moved into the community, the Tennessee Supreme Court has rule.
Proposed HCBS rule could diminish service access, hamper provider retention efforts, 11 senators tell...
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2024
A proposed federal rule that would require providers of home- and community-based services to spend at least 80% of the Medicaid payments they receive for personal care, homemaker and home health aide...
Senior living market fundamentals favor REITs, LTC Properties CEO says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 20, 2024
LTC Properties Chairman and CEO Wendy Simpson called 2023 a “year of solid execution” as the real estate investment trust “substantially resolved” all of its challenges and looks to 2024 with market...
Black and Hispanic older adults in ‘Forgotten Middle’ are ‘worst off’
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2024
Trends in home ownership and equity, income, health and other issues indicate that millions of middle-income Black, Hispanic or rural older adults may not have the financial resources they need to pay...
2023 laid groundwork for sustained performance, outsized growth in 2024: Welltower CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2024
2023 was a year of “solid execution” across the board for Welltower and a record year in capital deployment, laying the groundwork for a sustained level of performance and continued outsized growth...
Senior living leaders ask lawmakers to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2024
As assisted living providers struggle to provide services to Medicaid home- and community-based services beneficiaries, industry leaders from two states are asking lawmakers to bump up reimbursement rates...
Treat every senior living tour like a first date to make a good impression, expert says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2024
Overall, senior living communities are providing prospective residents and their families with an “excellent” tour experience, but just as often, those communities fail at the close due to the lack...
GA drops proposed staffing rule change that would have encouraged innovative care delivery, provider...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2024
After campaigning for a rule change to return to the original intent of a staffing bill affecting certified dementia care communities, senior living industry experts said they are “disappointed” that...