House introduces veterans’ long-term care assisted living access bill … CMS finds assisted living residency agreements fail to meet HCBS requirements … Brightview only senior living company on ‘Best...
Invesque seeks to divest non-core assets, create efficiencies in 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 13, 2020
Invesque plans to “opportunistically divest non-core assets and redeploy capital with our preferred partners” in 2020, Chairman and CEO Scott White said Thursday. The healthcare real estate company...
CMS should withdraw Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation, AHCA/NCAL says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should withdraw the proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation because, if finalized, it would jeopardize access to care and “cripple” Medicaid...
Federal COVID-19 vaccination, testing mandates have pros, cons, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 05, 2021
Although generally supportive of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for members of its workforce, senior living leaders are concerned about the effects on its workforce.
Senior living company focuses on ‘upside’ of getting older
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2022
Peter Badgley and Jake Rothstein founded start-up company Upside two years ago, billing the firm as a “new category of senior living.”
LeadingAge seeks workforce ‘moon shot’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 29, 2018
Calling workforce issues a “rallying cry,” LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan asked members to “help us figure out our moon shot on workforce” during remarks at Sunday’s keynote session...
Providers tell CMS to explore telehealth, care coordination, long-term care financing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2018
Chronic care management via telehealth and remote monitoring, service coordination in affordable housing, and long-term care financing are some of the new directions that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Brookdale Senior Living says a potential class-action lawsuit over alleged unfair trade practices and alleged failure to provide promised services at its North Carolina assisted living facilities is without...
CDC could loosen indoor mask mandates as early as next week
Feb 16, 2022
The White House has been eager for the CDC to provide an update on its indoor mask recommendation.
Peer-to-Peer: Westchester Family Care founder discusses why he is not ready to institute a COVID-19 vaccine...
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 22, 2021
Four years after Glenn Lane launched Mamaroneck, NY-based Westchester Family Care, the inconceivable happened: a global pandemic struck.