CMS updates Medicaid adult core healthcare quality measurement sets and mandatory reporting guidance … Report accuses Biden administration of weaponizing government at expense of workers … AHCA/NCAL...
Business briefs, June 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2024
Discovery Senior Living launches leadership development program … File your EEO-1 reports; EEOC suing employers that don’t disclose workforce demographics … CareOne, HealthBridge ordered to pay 12...
Illinois first state to legislatively mandate Alzheimer’s coverage by state health plans
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 31, 2024
Illinois has become the first state to legislatively enact a requirement for state employee health insurance to provide Alzheimer’s treatment coverage.
Business briefs, May 31
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 31, 2024
Gender, identity emerge as new EEOC issue for skilled nursing employers … AHCA/NCAL receives 4 awards for video in 45th annual Telly Awards … Barclay Friends earns deficiency-free rating … Fitch...
Series on long-term care affordability, staffing, equity a ‘wake-up call,’ industry advocate says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 28, 2024
A special report published last week by CNHI News and the Associated Press that focused on several “issues and complications” in assisted living and other forms of long-term care is a “wake-up call...
Alzheimer’s Association’s new ‘Superhub’ can help providers launch dementia care training programs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 23, 2024
Senior living and other long-term care providers looking to launch their own dementia care training programs now can turn to the Alzheimer’s Association, which was just named the world’s first Project...
Business briefs, May 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2024
Resident dining contracts in senior living present complex web of offerings … CMS updates spousal impoverishment standards … ‘Inspiring Generations’ will be theme for National Assisted Living Week...
Task force releases recommendations addressing workforce shortages
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2024
Although North Carolina’s assisted living communities don’t employ large numbers of nurses, industry leaders noted that findings and recommendations from a state task force on addressing a shortage...
People in the news, May 14
May 14, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, Benchmark Senior Living, Emerald Communities, Leopardo, Lifespace Communities, Ohio...
Industry groups launch online resource for senior living and care careers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 14, 2024
The Minnesota state partner of LeadingAge and Argentum and the state affiliate of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living have partnered on an online resource meant to...