Kansas providers may face fee hike after audit reveals many wrongly paid cut-rate assessments
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2024
Continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes in Kansas could face additional scrutiny — and in some cases, higher fees — after a recent audit from the Kansas Medicaid inspector general’s...
Business briefs, April 4
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2024
Diversified Healthcare Trust reports occupancy dips, NOI increases … Medicaid unwinding complicates care decisions for some assisted living providers … DOL to host May 15 online meeting to hear public...
Business briefs, March 29
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2024
Registration closes Monday for EEOC workshop on ADA compliance … National Institute on Aging offers training for future researchers into aging … CMS finalizes rule streamlining Medicaid enrollment...
Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
A $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning includes $117 billion for Department of Health and Human Services operations. This sum allocates $4.1 billion for the administrative...
Business briefs, March 26
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
Best Life Brands adds Next Day Access to its portfolio … Senior living companies file for bankruptcy … ‘Unprecedented’ provider-union blitz fights Medicaid cuts … Chelsea Retirement...
Business briefs, March 21
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2024
Dwindled giant’s $18M settlement ‘a signal’ to SNF owners about ‘negligent’ care’ … Lawmakers threaten harsher penalties for negligent providers, CEOs in wake of cyberattack … NY assisted...
Nursing homes struggle with tighter reimbursement environment, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
Nursing home funding challenges, capital and private equity firms were among the subjects of a webinar Tuesday sponsored by the Long Term Care Community Coalition.
WH budget proposes ‘flat’ funding on some affordable housing programs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
President Joe Biden’s proposed budget promises moderate-level financing of some affordable senior housing programs.
Business briefs, March 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
OSHA challenge could reach Supreme Court this fall … 90-year-old nursing home guts skilled nursing amid ‘unsustainable’ Medicaid funding … State supreme court rules in favor of Brookdale over contested...
Proposed national paid leave program could ‘open up larger conversation’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2024
President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for 2025 includes a measure to establish a national paid family and medical leave program. The program would be administered by the Social Security Administration.