Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires ‘reasonable accommodations,’ but what is reasonable?
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2024
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which went into effect in June, requires employers with 15 or more employees to make reasonable accommodations for a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy,...
IDB Bank arranges $201.5 million in financing for 21-SNF portfolio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 24, 2024
New York-based IDB Bank has arranged a $201.5 million bridge-to-HUD loan for an unnamed operator of 21 skilled nursing facilities with locations in Georgia, Michigan, North Caroliona and Texas.
3,000+ nursing home workers have died from COVID, union says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 28, 2023
More than 1.5 million nursing home workers have been infected with COVID-19 and more than 3,000 have died since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a recent report from the AFL-CIO.
Thrive Senior Living heads to South Korea with new joint venture
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 17, 2024
Atlanta-based Thrive Senior Living has launched a joint venture in Seoul, South Korea, with GH Partners, the newly formed company, Thrive-GPH, announced Tuesday.
DHC will regain compliance by end of 2024, execs predict
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 03, 2023
Diversified Healthcare Trust has more than $700 million of debt coming due next year and remains out of compliance with its debt and current covenant. But the Newton, MA-based real estate investment trust,...
Business briefs, Nov. 8
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2023
White House says proposed rule will crack down on misleading MA advertising, promote competition … Congress, CMS clash over AI role in Medicare claims denials … Proposed nursing home staffing mandate...
Offering a retirement plan ‘critical asset’ even for small business owners
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2023
It’s not just the big corporations that need to offer a retirement plan to employees. Even small business owners can, and should, should set up a retirement plan, according to Los Angeles-based Capital...
More clarification, better definitions needed in CMS nursing home ownership rule, organizations say
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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....
Senior living will ‘benefit greatly’ from ‘largest federal investment’ of $244 million in apprenticeships,...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2024
The White House has announced the awarding of $244 million in grants aimed at bolstering registered apprenticeship programs across the country.
Brookdale Senior Living, Sabra Health Care REIT report third-quarter earnings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2023
Third-quarter earnings reports continued Tuesday with calls held by Brookdale Senior Living and Sabra Health Care REIT.