13 arrested for stealing more than $20,000 from 8 AL residents
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 14, 2016
A former resident care assistant and 12 others have been arrested for stealing and cashing more than $20,000 in checks belonging to eight residents of an Alabama assisted living community, according to...
Facility owner gets prison time and probation, ordered to pay $3,000 for neglecting residents
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Lois A. Bowers
May 21, 2017
The owner of a licensed Nevada assisted living facility was sentenced to 179 days in prison and three years of probation and was ordered to pay $3,000 after investigators said she admitted residents who...
Washington legislators consider increasing assisted living fines
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2017
Assisted living community operators in the state of Washington would see increased civil penalties of up to $3,000 for violations of licensing statutes or rules, and fines would be increased to up to $10,000...
Ascension to explore establishing Medicare Advantage plan with Centene
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 31, 2018
Ascension and Centene Corp. have signed a letter of intent to explore a joint venture to establish a Medicare Advantage plan that would serve as a preferred model in multiple geographic markets beginning...
Pharmaceutical company to pay $96 million to settle claims of promoting unapproved use of drug for dementia...
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2019
Pharmaceutical company Avanir has agreed to pay $96 million to resolve federal False Claims Act allegations that it paid kickbacks and marketed the drug Nuedexta in long-term care communities for the off-label...
Eliminated from COVID relief package, senior living turns its focus to Provider Relief Fund
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2021
With Congress poised to pass the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act without dedicated coronavirus relief for senior living communities, the role of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security...
Officials with Florida Argentum have filed a legal challenge to a proposed rule that they say would financially burden assisted living operators in the Sunshine State and have several negative effects...
Assisted living operators need PPE and testing, should report COVID-19 data to federal government, House...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2020
Congress should take “immediate steps” to get needed personal protective equipment to assisted living communities, nursing homes, home- and community-based settings and other places where older adults...
$484 billion COVID-19 relief bill contains $75 billion for PPE, but will senior living see any of it?
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2020
The $484 billion funding package passed by the Senate Tuesday afternoon to provide relief from the effects of COVID-19 contains $75 billion for personal protective equipment and other resources for hospitals,...
Report details Virginia CCRC characteristics
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 23, 2016
Fee-for-service is the most common type of contract offered by continuing care retirement communities in Virginia, according to a benchmarking report released Tuesday by Ziegler and My LifeSite. The report...