Industry ‘steps up advocacy’ and sees priorities funded in $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 26, 2020
Senior living industry advocates said Wednesday they were pleased that their calls and letters had an impact on the $2 trillion stimulus package passed in the Senate. The legislation includes many of the...
Senior living industry cautiously hopeful about Biden’s COVID response strategy
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 25, 2021
The U.S. Defense, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs secretaries, along with other federal government agencies and officials, will work together to provide targeted surge assistance to assisted...
Provider groups debate whether industry-developed standards would put operators at risk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2020
Would industry-initiated national standards hasten or delay the federal regulation of senior living? Would they encourage or prevent lawsuits against operators? Major associations representing senior living...
Coalition cites ‘urgent need’ in releasing best practices for assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 25, 2018
The Long Term Care Community Coalition released recommendations for best practices for the assisted living industry on Wednesday, citing an “urgent need” given the findings contained in a February...
Providers ‘deeply disappointed’ by Senate tax bill passage
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 04, 2017
The tax reform bill passed by Senate Republicans in the early morning hours Saturday threatens the future of Medicare, Medicaid, senior housing and home- and community-based services, according to one...
Time of uncertainty can be time of opportunity for operators, Argentum board chair says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2017
Collaboration with organizations once thought of as competitors can help turn a time of healthcare policy uncertainty into a time of opportunity for senior living, Argentum Board of Directors Chairman...
CarePredict to showcase AI-powered technology platform at Argentum
May 11, 2018
CarePredict will showcase its artificial intelligence-powered elder care technology platform in booth 203 at the Argentum Senior Living Conference & Expo in San Diego.
Florida provider groups cheer generator ruling as governor promises appeal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2017
Organizations representing Florida assisted living and nursing home operators cheered Friday’s decision by the state’s Division of Administrative Hearings that invalidated two emergency rules...
People in the news, Jan. 31
Jan 31, 2023
Appointments, promotions and other news at the American College of Health Care Administrators, Argentum, Civitas Senior Living, Commonwealth Senior Living, Epoch Senior Living, Erickson Senior Living,...
COVID-19 could have $57 billion impact on senior living; Argentum, ASHA request $20 billion from HHS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 06, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic will have a $40 billion to $57 billion financial impact on the U.S. senior living industry over the next year, American Seniors Housing Association and Argentum leaders said in a...