Tutera to outsource management of home health division
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2022
Kansas and Missouri-based Tutera Senior Living & Health Care’s home health division will be managed by Residential Home Health, a division of Graham Healthcare Group, under a joint venture the companies...
Trinity Health mandates COVID-19 vaccine for employees, contractors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 12, 2021
Trinity Health has joined the growing number of healthcare providers providers requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Taking it a step further, the national health system will...
Senator urges colleagues to support $600 million for Section 202 homes in 2022 HUD budget
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2021
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is asking his colleagues to join him in requesting that the Senate HUD appropriations subcommittee to allocate $600 million for new Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly...
Few COVID-displaced direct care workers return: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 14, 2021
Approximlately 4% of direct care workers were displaced during the second quarter of 2020. A year later, few had returned to direct care, according to a new study by PHI and the Health Workforce Research...
SEC weighs adding ‘human capital component’ to disclosure requirement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 25, 2021
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler affirmed last week that he is asking SEC staff members to propose recommendations for a mandatory “human capital” disclosure requirement for public...
Biden order to curtail licensure requirements, noncompete agreements: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 09, 2021
An expected executive order from President Joe Biden curtailing employers’ use of noncompete agreements and banning some occupational licensing agreements could represent federal government overreach...
Bipartisan legislation would expand access to advance care planning in Medicare
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2022
The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act pending in Congress would, if passed and signed into law, expand access to advance care planning services in Medicare.
Welltower expands active adult presence with Treplus Communities partnership, provides business update
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2021
Toledo, OH-based Welltower is expanding its presence in the active adult rental community sector with the addition of Columbus, OH-based Treplus Communities properties to its portfolio. The REIT also provided...
Bridge Investment Group, StepStone co-invest $75 million into senior housing venture
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 02, 2022
Salt Lake City, UT-based Bridge Investment Group has launched a $75 million venture to acquire, develop and operate needs-based senior housing properties within the United States, the company announced...
50 National Guard members activated to help Utah LTC facilities, hospitals ease staffing shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 03, 2022
The Utah National Guard’s COVID-19 Joint Task Force has activated approximately 50 service members statewide, according to Tuesday’s official statement from the National Guard. The move is meant to...