Beware of compliance obligations when accepting provider relief funds, attorney says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 10, 2020
The federal government answered the call for relief earlier this month when it deemed that assisted living providers now are eligible for provider relief funds. But that relief comes with some pretty significant...
Aging services leaders call for ‘all hands on deck’ approach toward national COVID-19 vaccination...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2022
Senior living and care organizations have done a “remarkable” job vaccinating residents against COVID-19, but they agree they have “work to do” with the most recent booster.
Communities face potential investigation, legal action over $900 COVID-19 fee allegedly charged to residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 28, 2020
The Michigan Attorney General’s office on Thursday issued a cease and desist letter to 11 senior living communities throughout the state’s Lower Peninsula, along with their parent and management companies,...
Providers approach holidays with eye toward normalcy, safety
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 04, 2021
Senior living providers are planning for a “somewhat normal” holiday season in 2021, albeit with an eye toward safety and with last season’s COVID-19 lockdown memories still vivid.
Senior living tells White House it knows all too well what it’s like to fight pandemic without funding
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 17, 2022
After $15.6 billion in supplemental coronavirus relief funding was cut from the $1.5 trillion omnibus package — signed Wednesday by President Biden — the White House is sounding the alarm over the...
Senior living celebrates safety of Provider Relief Funds, asks HHS to pay up
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 11, 2021
With Senate passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal on Tuesday, the senior living industry is breathing a sigh of relief that Provider Relief Funds emerged unscathed. And now they are...
Providers seek $450 million from PA stimulus funds to cover pandemic costs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2021
Senior living associations in Pennsylvania are lobbying legislators for $54 million for assisted living and personal care providers from the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding to the state. The ask...
Direct care workers experience pandemic challenges, but rate employer preparation, communication high:...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 19, 2020
Direct care workers have encountered many work-related challenges during the pandemic, but they say their employers have prepared them and communicated well about COVID, according to the results of a recent...
Medical worker giving COVID tests returns to steal from senior living residents, police say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 20, 2020
A woman who had helped administer COVID-19 tests at a Lewisville, TX, independent living community later returned to the community so she could steal from at least three residents, according to police.
AGS policy brief bolsters calls for assisted living to be priority for resources in pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2020
A new policy brief from the American Geriatrics Society offers a roadmap to help guide government officials addressing COVID-19 concerns in assisted living communities, reinforcing industry calls for resources.