Residents’ COVID-related lawsuit against assisted living facility dismissed
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2021
A lawsuit against a New York City assisted living facility accused by three residents of putting them in danger of contracting COVID has been dismissed.
Long-term care provider target of $1.5 million pension fund lawsuit from union
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 19, 2021
Representatives of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1776KY filed a lawsuit last week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Mound View Health Care, alleging...
HHS issues new guidance for healthcare providers on civil rights protections for people with disabilities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2022
As the pandemic continues, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has issued new guidance to ensure that long-term care and other healthcare providers don’t violate the...
Brookdale completes $100M refinancing, substantially prepays mortgages due in 2022
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 22, 2021
By taking on $100 million in mortgage debt, Brookdale Senior Living said Monday, it will substantially prepay debts scheduled to mature in 2022, saving millions of dollars in interest.
Assisted living, skilled nursing continue to face workforce challenges: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 24, 2021
Among 616 nursing homes and 122 assisted living communities recently surveyed on workforce challenges by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, half responded that...
In absence of Supreme Court ruling, work toward compliance with OSHA rule, experts advise
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2022
With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration withdrawing part of its COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, the agency’s vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100 or...
Biden administration asks Supreme Court for stay from injunctions against CMS vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
As lawsuits mount from multiple states, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to reinstate nationwide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ emergency regulation mandating...
$200,000 sign-on bonus program seeks to entice nurse aides to long-term care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2022
The North Dakota Department of Health will spend up to $200,000 to recruit temporary nurse aides and certified nurse aides for long-term care facilities in an effort to help combat a caregiver workforce...
Business briefs, Jan. 10
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2022
Final deadline is Wednesday for Women of Distinction nominations … WV ‘not even close’ to peak as state requests CDC approval for fourth vaccine dose … CT to require long-term care employees to...
OSHA’s COVID-19 standard set to expire Dec. 21 if action not taken
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 17, 2021
Time is running out for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, which was meant to protect healthcare sector workers from the spread of the...