House subcommittee hearing highlights 6 actions for lawmakers, nursing homes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
Federal and state lawmakers must work with nursing homes on six actions related to care quality and support, Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, told the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis at...
Business briefs, Sept. 16
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 16, 2022
In ‘scavenger hunt’ economy, providers will need to seize the right opportunities … States increasing regulation of assisted living, with more to come: NCAL … Investing in people, innovation, efficiencies...
Members of Congress call on CMS to collaborate in addressing nursing home workforce challenges
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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...
New program aims to improve long-term care vaccination rates, care by building trust
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2022
Providers of skilled nursing and assisted living need to develop trust-building skills and practices to continue to increase vaccine uptake and staff member retention as well as improve infection prevention...
Business briefs, Sept. 12
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2022
Senators re-introduce Nationwide Right to Unionize Act … Labor Department to publish new independent contractor rule … National Assisted Living Week begins … Survey: Nurses love work but are...
Age rarely used as DEI marker, studies find
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2022
As companies strive to hire a diverse mix of employees based on gender, racial background and culture, one marker is starkly missing in most diversity, inclusion and equity statements, according to research...
Business briefs, Aug. 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 16, 2022
Workers at 39 PA SNFs threaten strike over pay, conditions … SAGE’s financial literacy app for LGBTQ+ elders reaches 1K+ users … Sinceri Senior Living partners with Second Act Financial Services...
Business briefs, Aug. 11
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 11, 2022
2 SNFs, 5 employees indicted on fraud charges … Home healthcare provider ordered to pay $1.5 million in back wages, damages, civil fines … Trilogy Health Services partners with Norton Healthcare to...
Nursing home workforce recovery will take until 2026 without a ‘boost’: AHCA
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2022
Recovery to pre-pandemic staffing levels in nursing homes could take until 2026 unless the industry receives a “boost” from policymakers, the American Health Care Association said Monday.
Minimum staffing levels would cost nursing homes $10 billion a year: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2022
The federal government’s proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes could cost the industry $10 billion a year because tens of thousands of additional caregivers would need to be hired,...