Healthcare investors poised for increased M&A activity in 2023
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2023
Sixty percent of healthcare and life sciences investors are planning to increase their mergers and acquisitions activity in 2023 despite economic pressures, and a fourth of respondents to a recent survey...
Senior living diversifying as it matures: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2022
Numerous factors are helping the senior housing industry evolves and matures. That’s according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Self-assessments can help providers survive and thrive
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 11, 2023
Consolidation in the long-term care sector is occurring at a more rapid pace than in the past. One business expert advises senior living and other owners and operators not to wait too long to explore potential...
Senior living and care a ‘study of paradox,’ expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2023
Senior living and care today “is in many ways a study of paradox,” Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare production at Lument, said Wednesday during a webinar sponsored by the commercial...
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...
America’s pension system gets C+ rating, falling behind other countries
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 08, 2024
America’s pension system is failing to make the grade, according to a recent report from the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis.
Unions make economy ‘more equitable and robust,’ Treasury Department says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 07, 2023
“Pro-union policy can make a real difference to middle-class households by raising their incomes, improving their work environments, and boosting their job satisfaction. In doing so, unions can help...
Senior living should be ‘hubs of revitalization,’ expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2023
Senior living in the future will be more of a “community hub, not the old-age ‘ghetto,’” predicted Bob Kramer, speaking Tuesday during a panel discussion at the 2023 Future of Health Summit sponsored...
Legislators re-introduce PRO Act to protect workers’ bargaining rights
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2023
Legislators in both houses of Congress are considering — again — a proposal aimed at protecting workers’ right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits and safer workplaces.
Knute Nelson, Walker Methodist complete merger
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 09, 2024
Alexandria, MN-based Knute Nelson and Minnetonka, MN-based Walker Methodist have completed their previously announced merger, the faith-based senior living and care providers announced.