Brookdale to strengthen healthcare ties, cheers assisted living performance
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2020
Brookdale Senior Living’s recently added healthcare expertise in the C-suite and boardroom will benefit residents and shareholders as the company looks to forge stronger ties with healthcare providers...
Brookdale seeing progress in wake of Emeritus acquisition
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2016
Brookdale Senior Living says it’s confident it has calmed much of the 2015 tumult in the wake of an Emeritus acquisition that led to short-term occupancy dips, management turnover and less-than-expected...
Brookdale Senior Living is not ‘too big to be successful,’ CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier had a message Thursday for all those who, for the past several years, engaged in “speculation about whether Brookdale became too big...
Labor Department seeks input on overtime rule changes as pilot program continues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2018
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will hold several listening sessions around the country to gather feedback and ideas related to its planned update of the federal overtime pay rule,...
Senior living association recommends overtime changes to Labor Department
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2017
The Labor Department should base increases in the minimum salary threshold used to determine overtime pay on the 20th percentile for salaried employees in the lowest paid geographic region of the country,...
COVID-19’s lesson about the importance of self-directed care
By
Greg Strobel
Aug 12, 2021
While it’s hard to find a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic, one can be found in the home healthcare industry, where the COVID-19 crisis reinforced the critical need for flexible and affordable...
Nominations due today for McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2019
Today is the final deadline for submission of nominations to McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
‘We believe we’ve turned the corner,’ Ventas execs say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 19, 2021
Ventas executives are “encouraged by what we’re seeing early in this recovery,” Executive Vice President of Senior Housing Justin Hutchens said yesterday at the Capital Markets Global Health Care...
Brookdale wins arbitration argument in former employee’s discrimination lawsuit
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 01, 2022
An appellate court has ruled in Brookdale Senior Living’s favor to compel arbitration in a former employee’s discrimination lawsuit.
Seema Verma confirmed as CMS administrator
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 13, 2017
Former health policy consultant Seema Verma was confirmed as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday by a 55-43 vote in the Senate.