Providers need ‘meaningful aid,’ groups say as president unveils executive order
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
Building a pipeline of professional caregivers and then retaining them in long-term care are some of the goals of an executive order signed Tuesday by President Biden. Provider groups responded by calling...
More clarification, better definitions needed in CMS nursing home ownership rule, organizations say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
The comment period ended Friday for a Department of Health and Human Service proposed nursing home ownership disclosure rule intended to make more clear ownership and management operations of facilities....
Business briefs, March 30
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 30, 2023
Medicaid a major challenge to providing affordable assisted living, NCAL says … $14.2 million destined for operators to sustain quality care, but some are denied … TruBlue Total House Care announces...
Providers continue to face workforce challenges as Careers in Aging Week arrives
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
The long-term care industry is celebrating frontline workers this week during Careers in Aging Week as they continue to face workforce shortages.
Legislation would remove barriers to healthcare licensing across state lines
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2023
The States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act, introduced this month by a bipartisan group of congressmen, aims to help address workforce shortages in healthcare by removing licensure barriers...
Long-term care ‘full bore ahead’ on DEIB initiatives
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2023
Corporate diversity pledges have fallen off at some companies amid layoffs, according to media reports, but long-term care is “full bore ahead on [diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging],” a representative...
Pass-through entity tax may provide savings for some LTC owners, expert says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2023
For owners of long-term care businesses structured as S corporations or partnerships, the pass-through entity tax may provide opportunities for tax savings, according to one expert
Business briefs, March 10
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 10, 2023
Brookdale achieves 16 consecutive months of year-over-year weighted average occupancy growth … Long-term care will have 20 million job openings by 2040: Argentum … LeadingAge endorses bill to expand...
Long-term care industry brings workforce shortage issue to Senate committee
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 17, 2023
“A shortage of healthcare personnel was a problem before the pandemic, and now it has gotten worse,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Thursday...
Nursing home sector’s economic recovery ‘in limbo,’ AHCA says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Economic recovery remains “in limbo” for the nursing home sector, especially as the public health emergency — and the funds that go along with it — is set to end this spring. That’s according...