Dec. 5 is deadline to comment on Labor Department’s proposed fluctuating workweek method of computing overtime … Citing eagerness from states, CMS announces plans to issue guidance on Medicaid block...
Five Star tells Senior Star it must wait to try to increase stake in company
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 27, 2016
Two Five Star Quality Care shareholders will have to put on hold their plans to substantially increase their stake in the company until after March 31, the company said in a letter Thursday.
Utah camera bill moves to Senate
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2016
A bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms unanimously passed out of the Utah House of Representatives Feb. 12 and has...
CMS changes quality measure set for home- and community-based services
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 15, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced changes to the quality measure set for home- and community-based services and described reporting requirements for Money Follows the Person grant...
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Oct 03, 2022
Former Aegis Living president launches new mental healthcare delivery company for older adults … Life expectancy tool may improve quality of life for those with dementia … Artificial intelligence could...
Brookdale Senior Living names interim CFO
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2018
Brookdale Senior Living has named Teresa F. Sparks interim chief financial officer, the company announced Tuesday in an SEC filing. Another filing detailed compensation for new CEO Cindy Baier and Non-Executive...
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Feb 22, 2021
New law grants COVID-19 civil liability protections to long-term care operators in Indiana … Kentucky eases visitation restrictions on assisted living, personal care and independent living communities,...
Restraining order prevents work at scene of explosion that killed 2, injured 14
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2018
The family of a construction worker injured in a June 26 explosion at a Texas health system has been granted a restraining order against the provider and others involved in an expansion project there so...
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Jun 28, 2021
DA reverses plans to seek death penalty for alleged senior living serial killer … FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to donanemab and lecanemab for Alzheimer’s … Vapors from alcohol-based...
HHS announces $15 billion in COVID-19 relief funding for assisted living operators, others
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 10, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services will distribute approximately $15 billion in grants to eligible state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers, including assisted living...