Caregiver pay in the balance as advocacy groups size up proposed spending requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2023
As assisted living provider advocacy groups try to influence federal home- and community-based services-related policy, their comments are joined by thousands of others, some in agreement with industry...
A different way to support the senior living industry
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2021
Scott Tittle joined VIUM Capital as a managing director and the national lender’s first head of government relations and external affairs in September after serving as executive director of the National...
Provider stories are antidote to criticism of industry, AHCA/NCAL CEO Parkinson says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 15, 2019
Positive provider stories are the antidote to the criticism that the long-term care industry continues to hear from lawmakers and others despite making great strides in measures of quality, American Health...
20 percent tax deduction awaits some assisted living operators but eludes skilled nursing providers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2019
A 20% business income tax deduction under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could be awaiting some assisted living communities, according to final regulations issued by the federal government on Friday. Skilled...
Assisted living increasingly a lawsuit target, attorney says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 18, 2016
Plaintiffs’ attorneys increasingly are looking at assisted living communities as potential lawsuit targets, Neville Bilimoria, a partner with the health law practice group of Duane Morris LLP in...
NCAL guidance aims to prevent elder abuse via social media
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 16, 2016
Senior living providers must develop social media policies, train employees on appropriate use of social media, and investigate potentially inappropriate behavior related to social media when it has been...
AHCA/NCAL tout advocacy in the face of change
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 17, 2016
Quality and advocacy are the solutions to the challenges confronting assisted living and other areas of long-term care, leaders of the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living...
What the elections mean to senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2016
Senior living representatives have a few ideas about the potential ways in which the industry might be affected by the outcomes of the national elections.
A big lump of coal … and an opportunity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2023
Christmas came early for the senior living field on Sunday, when providers collectively found a big lump of coal in the industry stocking. But that stocking also contains an opportunity.
CMS social media guidelines of value to all senior living settings, organization says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 11, 2016
Even senior living operators beyond the purview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would do well to heed the federal agency’s recent guidance on employee use of social media in the workplace,...