61 indictments allege scams against 15,000 seniors and others
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 27, 2016
Fifty-six individuals and five call centers have been charged for allegedly scamming more than 15,000 seniors and others in the United States out of hundreds of millions of dollars, the Justice Department...
WesleyLife, Genesis partner to develop senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 17, 2019
WesleyLife and Genesis Health System will join forces in a new entity to develop senior living communities to serve eastern Iowa and western Illinois, the organizations announced Wednesday.
Invesque ends year with more than $440 million in acquisitions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2019
As real estate investment company Inveque prepares to end 2019 having executed on more than $440 million in acquisitions, company executives said Thursday they are looking at a “very robust” pipeline...
State employee allegedly accepted bribes from ALFs in $1 billion fraud scheme
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 31, 2017
An employee of the agency that oversees the licensure of assisted living and skilled nursing facilities in Florida accepted bribes from facility owners, including one charged in a historic $1 billion healthcare...
Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patricia Will answers important questions
Jul 05, 2022
2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award winner shares the words she lives by, the biggest surprise of her career, advice for people considering careers in long-term care,...
ACHCA joins in effort to ‘strongly urge’ COVID-19 vaccination in long-term care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2021
The American College of Health Care Administrators said late Tuesday that it is joining several other long-term care and healthcare-related groups in an effort to “strongly urge the vaccination of all...
CMS announces $165 million in funding to move people from nursing homes to assisted living and other...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 24, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make up to $165 million in supplemental funding available to states operating Money Follows the Person demonstration programs to help state Medicaid programs...
16 assisted living operators to help Alzheimer’s Association test dementia care program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2018
Sixteen assisted living operators across 12 states and the nation’s capital have signed on to help test an Alzheimer’s Association program that could enhance the care of residents with dementia.
Former American Senior Communities COO gets 57-month prison sentence
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2018
Former American Senior Communities Chief Operating Officer Daniel Benson was sentenced Friday to 57 months in federal prison for his role in a $19.4 million fraud, kickback and money-laundering scheme...
Report: HHS opens inquiry into Ascension, Google partnership to ensure HIPAA compliance
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 13, 2019
The Department of Health and Human Services is opening an inquiry into a partnership between Ascension and Google to “seek to learn more information about this mass collection of individuals’ medical...