As vaccination continues, industry faces challenges
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2021
Field confronts distribution problems along with attitudinal resistance related to COVID-19 vaccines.
Long-term care, other business groups find exclusion from federal vaccine mandate process ‘disappointing’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
As the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration works to develop and issue a rule for a vaccine and testing mandate announced earlier this month by President Biden, some business...
Mergers and acquisitions receive more scrutiny from buyers, experts say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 02, 2021
It may be a seller’s market in the home care and hospice industry, but buyers are scrutinizing potential deals more closely.
Nursing homes previously sued for Medicare fraud received hundreds of millions in coronavirus relief...
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 05, 2020
For-profit nursing home operators that have faced accusations of Medicare fraud and kickbacks in recent years received more than $300 million in coronavirus relief payments, according to a Washington Post...
‘Natural immunity’ now satisfies employer vaccine mandates in Utah
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2022
Natural immunity to COVID-19 infection could allow Utah senior living and other workers to sidestep workplace vaccine mandates.
How a ‘zoom-out’ strategy can help senior living operators thrive in the post-pandemic world
By
Patrick McCormick, CPA
Feb 22, 2021
As they juggle short-term challenges with adapting to the long-term implications of the pandemic, operators can benefit from the so-called “zoom-in, zoom-out approach” that has been used by many successful...
A sector in disarray?
By
John O'Connor
Jul 01, 2021
Senior living may be on the cusp of an extremely interesting and critical era.
Senior living professionals from around the world share COVID-19 lessons learned
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2020
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on senior living and care operators around the world, and every country is at a different stage of reopening. But commonalities have surfaced in the experience, no matter...
Take residents off the menu, put relief on the table, Argentum says as House passes $55 billion aid package
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2022
Argentum is expressing “outrage” over a $55 billion federal aid package for bars, bakeries and baseball that leaves out assisted living communities once again.
Two major home care associations aren’t heeding the call for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 27, 2021
The nation’s two leading home care associations aren’t backing a national push for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare and long-term care workers.