‘Long COVID’ could mean insurance cost increases for employers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 12, 2022
More than two years into adjusting to the “new normal” brought on by COVID-19, employers now are faced with navigating the reality of “long COVID,” a wide range of ongoing health problems that...
AHCA/NCAL asks HHS to extend COVID-19 public health emergency past Jan. 11
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 03, 2022
The COVID-19 public health emergency should be extended past Jan. 11 “so that long-term and post-acute care providers can continue to offer the most efficient and effective care possible and so our nation’s...
ProMedica launches initiative to extend services ‘beyond the four walls of healthcare’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2021
Toledo, OH-based ProMedica, parent to ProMedica Senior Care, which includes the former HCR ManorCare, Arden Courts and Heartland, is changing its approach to healthcare to prioritize social determinants...
Center for Active Design, Harrison Street partner to advance health, increase value of senior living...
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 08, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic increased the focus on health and wellness within senior living real estate portfolios. To help investors make decisions based on health data, investment management firm Harrison...
Feds target Medicare Advantage scam advertising
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is taking steps to protect consumers from scams or misleading ads for Medicare Advantage plans that target older adults. A proposed rule would ban ads that...
End of PHE a good time to review employee accommodations—carefully, EEOC says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2023
The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency does not mean that employers can automatically terminate reasonable accommodations that were provided due to pandemic-related circumstances, the Equal Employment...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 10
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2024
Morgan Stanley’s newly launched REIT could target senior housing … CareTrust REIT adds San Bernardino, CA, assisted living, memory care community in joint venture … Blueprint advises on sale of Cleveland-area...
Partnerships critical to serving middle-income older adults, NIC speakers say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2020
Panelists discussed how to cost-effectively deliver healthcare to middle-income older adults in senior housing on Thursday at the NIC Spring Conference.
State AG seeks input on two proposed mergers including long-term care
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 05, 2023
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) is considering the proposed mergers between healthcare systems Essentia Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System and between health systems St. Luke’s Duluth...
Value-based models may help improve occupancy, increase investor confidence post-COVID, speakers say
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 25, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust healthcare for older adults into the spotlight, making access to services an important part of an operator’s value proposition for both residents and investors, speakers...
