Legislators look to ‘tap the breaks’ on private equity investments in healthcare, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2023
Healthcare transactions have been “robust” over the past decades, but the past five years or so have been “a particularly active period” with a “spike” coming in 2020 and into 2022 as pandemic...
‘Esther’s Law’ a step closer to allowing cameras into Ohio long-term care residents’ rooms
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2021
A bipartisan bill that would enable long-term care residents and their families to install remote monitoring equipment in their rooms had a hearing in the Ohio House of Representatives’ Families, Aging...
Bipartisan Senate bill aims to increase nurse training programs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2023
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation meant to address the nursing shortage affecting healthcare providers and communities throughout the United States.
On-site clinic helps CCRC residents age in place, exec says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 17, 2024
St. Mark Village, a continuing care retirement community in Palm Harbor, FL, has added a full-service, primary care clinic run by Curana Health. It opened Jan. 4 and serves residents and employees.
CareTrust REIT moves forward with ‘foot on the gas’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 13, 2023
San Clemente, CA-based real estate investment trust CareTrust REIT returned to “significant external growth” this year, President and CEO Dave Sedgwick said as the company released earnings results...
Long-term care struggles to rebound to pre-pandemic staffing levels: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 23, 2023
Staffing in long-term care dropped drastically at the start of the pandemic and is unlikely to rebound to pre-pandemic levels until 2027. That’s according to a recent analysis of US Census data by the...
Regional Health Properties ends quarter with ‘healthy cash balance’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2021
Regional Health Properties ended the third quarter “with a healthy cash balance” and collected 97.4% of the cash rent it was owed contractually for the quarter, the company said Monday.
Nursing home spending grows 0.82% month over month
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2023
Spending for nursing home care at a faster rate than other healthcare sectors in April, increasing by 3.6% month over month, according to Altarum’s latest monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief,...
Nursing shortage reaches crisis level as staff exit the profession, survey says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 13, 2022
The shortage of nurses has reached the level of a national crisis, according to report authors reflecting on the 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report by nurse.com
Catholic senior care provider expands footprint in Maine
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 06, 2022
At a time when some long-term care facilities in Maine have felt it necessary to shutter their doors due to staffing challenges and effects of the pandemic, one provider has decided to expand its presence...