Members of Congress call on CMS to collaborate in addressing nursing home workforce challenges
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2022
A bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives is looking to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with them to resolve workforce shortages experienced by nursing homes across...
Provider Relief Fund monies wane for life plan communities in 2021: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 14, 2022
Life plan communities received comparatively small amounts of Provider Relief Fund aid in 2021, as program money wanes. No meaningful additional funds are expected going forward in 2022, according to specialty...
Feds add 35,000 visas to seasonal worker program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2022
An additional 35,000 H-2B worker visas will be available for the second half of fiscal year 2022, the departments of Labor and Homeland Security have announced.
Federal vaccine mandate raises constitutional concerns; lawsuits combine into one big case
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 19, 2021
Wednesday’s announcement from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration that it is suspending enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary...
Advocacy groups ‘strongly urge’ DOL to consider changes to processing Schedule A petitions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2022
LeadingAge and the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living met Monday with staff from the Department of Labor to “strongly urge” the agency to consider changes to Schedule...
Biden administration pledges $100M to boost recruitment, retention of healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services will aid state-run programs that support, recruit and retain healthcare workers in underserved communities by making $100 million in American Rescue Plan funding...
Middle class declines, but not necessarily middle-market senior living opportunities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2022
The percentage of middle-income seniors has declined over the past 50 years, according to a new analysis, but those results don’t necessarily mean that there will be fewer middle-market senior housing...
HRSA clarifies Provider Relief Fund payments, processes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 20, 2021
The federal Health Resources & Services Administration on Wednesday offered additional information to clarify reporting requirements for Provider Relief Fund payments.
Earnings calls wrap-up: CareTrust REIT, National Health Investors, National Healthcare Corp.
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2021
Gradual recovery is evident in three new earning reports.
Methodist Retirement Communities eyes middle market during 60th anniversary year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2022
As the Woodlands, TX-based Methodist Retirement Communities marks its 60th anniversary, President and CEO Alan Brown told the McKnight’s Business Daily that he would like to see the organization expand...