Want to keep employees? Offer a pension instead of a 401(k)
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 01, 2024
One way to entice employees to stay may be to offer them a pension instead of a hybrid retirement plan that is part pension and part 401(k), suggests a new report from the nonprofit National Institute...
Business briefs, April 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 01, 2024
Higher interest rates mean less access to capital for senior living: NIC … CMS proposes 4.1% nursing homes pay boost … Assisted living rates up 0.6 to 3.8% … American Society on Aging, Next50 launch...
US doctors received industry payments of $12.13 billion from 2013 to 2022
Mar 29, 2024
The greatest sum of payment was received by orthopedic surgeons, followed by neurologists and psychiatrists and cardiologists. The lowest sum of payments was received by pediatric surgeons and trauma surgeons.
Sedentary behavior reduction intervention cuts sitting time, BP in seniors
Mar 29, 2024
The intervention reduced sitting time at three and six months and yielded a reduction in systolic blood pressure at six months.
Up to 30 percent of CVD mortality attributable to excess salt intake
Mar 29, 2024
The population-attributable risk estimates suggest that sodium above the recommended intake is linked to 10 to 30% of CVD mortality.
‘Commonsense’ legislation will create efficiencies through joint training opportunities for providers,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 29, 2024
A bill allowing joint provider / surveyor training on reporting and survey responsibilities has passed the Arizona Legislature and is awaiting the governor’s signature.
Social Security Administration changes benefit calculation for Supplemental Security Income
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2024
The Social Security Administration no longer will include food in calculations used to determine a person’s eligibility for Supplemental Security Income payments and the payment amount, effective Sept....
Nerve decompression may ease painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Mar 28, 2024
Nerve decompression was associated with reduced pain, but equal improvement was seen in decompressed and sham legs.
US mpox cases rising again as vaccinations lag
Mar 28, 2024
Mpox cases are climbing again in the United States, with the number of reported infections now twice as high as they were at this time last year, new government data shows.
ACC: Short sleep duration linked to risk of developing hypertension
Mar 27, 2024
Stronger association seen when sleep duration was less than five hours; women more vulnerable than men