Provider group ‘optimistic’ about tax law benefits for senior housing and care operators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2018
A Friday meeting with officials from the Office of Management and Budget left AHCA / NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson “optimistic” that assisted living and skilled nursing operators will...
AHCA/NCAL wants long-term care residents, staff vaccinated against COVID by March 1
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 08, 2020
Governors and public health officials should ensure that residents and employees of long-term care facilities are prioritized before everyone else for COVID-19 vaccination and that they receive both doses...
The factor more important than occupancy
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2018
NCAL Day speakers think something other than occupancy should be operators’ top priority.
‘There’s always tension’: NCAL addresses fears of increased federal regulation of assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 07, 2023
Lobbying federal decision-makers for legislation that would benefit the assisted living sector may come with some risk of increased federal scrutiny, American Health Care Association / National Center...
Two goals for assisted living on Capitol Hill this week
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 23, 2016
Members of the National Center for Assisted Living have two main goals today and tomorrow when they meet with members of Congress in the nation’s capital.
Proposed federal quality measures could exacerbate providers’ financial woes, groups warn
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 07, 2023
Quality measures that are part of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have the potential to burden assisted living providers financially and administratively, industry advocates...
Do not be afraid of the data
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2023
National Center for Assisted Living executives made a powerful pitch for provider data collection Sunday as NCAL Day concluded.
66 assisted living communities meet at least two NCAL quality goals
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 11, 2017
Sixty-six assisted living communities have attained two or more of the four goals in the National Center for Assisted Living’s Quality Initiative, NCAL has announced.
AHCA/NCAL Silver Quality Award assisted living recipients triple from last year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2017
Twenty-seven assisted living communities have earned the 2017 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award this year from the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living. That’s...
Operators need $100 billion to cover COVID costs, industry group says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2020
Assisted living and skilled nursing providers need $100 billion from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Provider Relief Fund to cover the “enormous costs associated with protecting...