Long-term care execs see modest salary increases: report … Providers clamor for innovation to head off “end-of-mission” conversations … Nursing homes sue state Medicaid program, claiming massive...
Business briefs, March 14
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2023
Slight increase in jobless rate, decrease in hourly wages signals ‘potential adjustment’ in labor markets: NIC … Speech-language pathologist, physical therapist, nurse practitioner, physical therapist,...
CMS grants operators an additional year to pay off loans received through the Medicare Accelerated and...
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 13, 2020
Providers who participated in the Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program for COVID-19 emergency will now have another year to pay back the loan thanks to Congress.
Business briefs, Oct. 18
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2022
$80M pumped into state’s SNFs, MA plans and hospitals … $1M in USDA grants will help to 2 rural providers in Ohio … North Carolina DOL increases state OHSA penalties, investigations … Kauhale Health...
Adding a human touch to human resources
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 14, 2019
Capital Senior Living’s Jeremy Falke talks about ways the company is attracting and keeping talent.
Proposed state budget makes critical investments in senior living and care, advocates say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2023
Senior living and care advocates are cheering Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) budget proposal for 2023-2025.
With business support lacking, Ohio Legislature pulls vaccine mandate exemption legislation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2021
A vote on a bill that would grant numerous exemptions to workers subject to employer vaccine mandates was postponed in the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday after the Ohio Chamber of Commerce...
Utah camera bill headed to governor’s desk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 03, 2016
The Utah bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms soon will be headed to the desk of Gov. Gary Herbert, where the bill’s...
Federal bill would provide $32.5 million for states to create master plans for aging
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 01, 2024
A proposed nationwide grant program aims to give states up to $32.5 million collectively to develop master plans for aging to support the “massive demographic shift” that will, for the first time,...
Bill would support companies in employment of workers with disabilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2024
A proposed federal bill with bipartisan support would “support employers transitioning to paying competitive, fair wages to people with disabilities,” according to one of its sponsors, Sen. Bob Casey...