Healthcare sees highest Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in 15 years: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2024
Chapter 11 bankruptcies in healthcare, including senior living reached a multiyear high in the first quarter of 2024. That’s according to the newest Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report, published...
Insurance rates stabilize for senior living, skilled nursing providers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2024
Senior living and skilled nursing providers began to see insurance rates stabilize in the fourth quarter of 2023, similar to what was seen in 2022, according to WTW’s annual Insurance Marketplace Realities...
Operating expenses rose last month within the Newton, MA-based Diversified Healthcare Trust’s senior housing operating portfolio.
Total SHOP operating expenses for March increased 3.3% and 6.7% on a...
Business briefs, May 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 03, 2024
FTC, DOJ and HHS extend to June 5 comment period on cross-government inquiry into private equity in healthcare … Ventas plans to expand senior living footprint , building on ‘unprecedented’ growth...
Retirement confidence has not recovered from significant 2023 drop: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 30, 2024
Workers’ and retirees’ confidence has not fully bounced back from last year’s drop, but signs exist that a positive recovery is underway, according to results of the 2024 Retirement Confidence Survey...
New York first state to require employers to offer paid prenatal leave
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2024
New York is set to become the first state to require employers to provide 20 hours of additional paid time off for pregnant workers for pregnancy-related medical care without requiring workers to tap into...
68 percent of pre-retirees say they will not be able to retire as planned at 65: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 16, 2024
Sixty-eight percent of workers aged 55 to 65 years participating in a new survey said they are facing the reality that retiring fully or comfortably at 65 is more or less a pipe dream, with 41% planning...
‘Ladders and lattices’ provide career opportunities for CNAs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 10, 2024
Providers would be wise to develop “ladders and lattices” to help certified nursing assistants advance in their healthcare careers, JAMDA, the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, reported.
Private-sector employment sees biggest jump since July: ADP
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2024
March saw the biggest jump in hiring since July 2023, according to the ADP National Employment Report Economy Lab report released Wednesday.
Initial filings for unemployment insurance dip again week over week
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2024
Applications for unemployment benefits dipped slightly for the week ending March 16, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.