State allocates $1B+ for assistance to Medicaid, other program beneficiaries
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 17, 2022
Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp (R) has set aside more than $1 billion for the state Department of Human Services to provide cash assistance of up to $350 per active enrollee in Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition...
25-member collaborative calls for Medicare, Medicaid eligibility changes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 09, 2022
Twenty-five national and local organizations have signed on to an effort calling for the standard-of-living measures used to determine eligibility for programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, taxes, food assistance...
Business briefs for Monday, June 1
Jun 01, 2020
Argentum: Impact of COVID-19 on senior living could be $50 billion … House passes bill extending PPP forgiveness deadline and adjusts how much must be use for payroll expenses … U.S. mortgage applications...
Treasury Department says PPP forgiveness to begin by next week
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 01, 2020
The Treasury Department said Tuesday it would begin forgiving loans granted to small-business owners under the Paycheck Protection Program, following banks’ and borrowers’ complaints that the process...
Business briefs, March 31
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 31, 2022
State senators propose $1.3B budget for long-term care … White House launches COVID website … New COVID-19 restrictions could be coming: Fauci … Ventas definitive proxy materials, sends letter to...
Business briefs for Thursday, July 16
Jul 16, 2020
Here’s what to expect in the next stimulus bill, which could be introduced as early as next week … Ohio county receives $100,000 Alternative and Clean Energy Program grant to develop seniors housing...
CMS grants operators an additional year to pay off loans received through the Medicare Accelerated and...
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 13, 2020
Providers who participated in the Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program for COVID-19 emergency will now have another year to pay back the loan thanks to Congress.
With business support lacking, Ohio Legislature pulls vaccine mandate exemption legislation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2021
A vote on a bill that would grant numerous exemptions to workers subject to employer vaccine mandates was postponed in the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday after the Ohio Chamber of Commerce...
Operators could face ‘significant roadblocks’ trying to access $46 million in workforce development...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2022
Assisted living operators in Texas are eligible for grants from a $46 million fund set up by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for a variety of workforce initiatives, including recruitment...
Business briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 18
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 18, 2020
Welltower, NHI provide business updates around October rent collection, occupancy … New Hampshire reinstates extra weekly stipend for nursing home workers until end of 2020 … Financial services firm...