Senior living sees overall occupancy increase for 12th quarter in a row … $5M program puts CNAs at center of expanded geriatric care network …Morning Pointe of Hardin Valley earns deficiency-free state...
Minimum wage hikes have mixed results on workforce: poll
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 16, 2024
Increases in minimum wage also can be good for more highly paid workers, according to the results of an Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey released Wednesday.
Fee-for-service skilled nursing utilization stable but still below pre-pandemic levels
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2024
National fee-for-service skilled nursing facility utilization has been stable year over year from the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of this year, but utilization remains 2 percentage points...
Supreme Court decisions could be costly in long run, with ‘ripple effect’ for businesses, attorneys...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 23, 2024
Recent Supreme Court decisions could pose long-term ripple effects for businesses.
Berkadia closes record-breaking $1.7 billion transactions in first half of year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 19, 2024
Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare completed more than $1.7 billion in sales and financings across 49 transactions in the first half of the year, the company announced Wednesday.
Record-high False Claims Act settlements recovered in first half of 2024
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2024
After a record-breaking 2023, settlements under the False Claims Act continue along the same trajectory in the first half of 2024, “with notable healthcare fraud settlements under the FCA, AKS [the Anti-Kickback...
Women entering Peak 65 Zone financially vulnerable, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 17, 2024
Financial security in retirement is a concern for all Americans, particularly women in what the Alliance for Lifetime Income calls the Peak 65 Zone; they are trailing their male contemporaries in assets.
Spending on nursing homes, home care slows year over year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2024
Between May 2023 and May 2024, overall healthcare costs grew by 3.4%, the fastest increase seen since December 2007, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Wednesday.
Lutheran Senior Services, Diakon agreement to combine comes to fruition
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Diakon Senior Living operations and its four continuing care retirement / life plan communities officially became part of Lutheran Senior Services on Monday. The action marks the completion of an agreement...
Unions urge lawmakers to resist ‘latest weapon’ to overturn workforce measures
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2024
Led by the Service Employees International Union, National Nurses United and the AFL-CIO, dozens of labor unions last week issued a letter urging Congress to resist Republican efforts to use the Congressional...