Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
A $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning includes $117 billion for Department of Health and Human Services operations. This sum allocates $4.1 billion for the administrative...
State Supreme Court re-examines 8-year-old nursing home class action lawsuit
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2023
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reopened a nearly decade-old class action lawsuit against a nursing home provider after the plaintiffs claimed that Judge Timothy Fox “repeatedly failed to follow...
Actions & Transactions, July 18
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2024
Capital Funding Group closes $23.6 million for refinancing of Delaware SNF … Carnegie at Washingtonian Center, a Kisco Signature community, begins business operations ahead of grand opening … Kaiser...
Federal government boosts support of HCBS, releases worker registry guidance
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2023
When the American Rescue Plan Act was passed in 2021, home- and community-based services were estimated to receive $12 billion. Now, $37 billion is now being used for HCBS across the country in all 50...
American Healthcare REIT properties ‘generally performed well’ in Q3, exec says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2023
American Healthcare REIT’s properties “generally performed well” in the third quarter, President and CEO Danny Prosky wrote in a letter to investors that was filed Monday with the Securities and...
Student loan debt is negatively affecting worker retirement saving, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 12, 2024
Student loan debt is hindering the amount of money workers can contribute to their 401(k)s and other retirement savings plans, according to the results of a three-year study by the Employee Benefit Research...
Bill aims to override Supreme Court decision on Chevron deference
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 24, 2024
Legislation introduced Tuesday in the Senate would override the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo to overturn the so-called Chevron doctrine, which held that...
Living wills not relevant in signing arbitration agreements, court says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 02, 2024
Being the power of attorney of a living well does not give that person the right to sign arbitration agreements on behalf of the patient, the California Supreme Court ruled last Thursday. The decision...
DOL says proposed rule would modernize apprenticeship regulations via student-centric model
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2024
A new rule proposed by the Department of Labor would modernize regulations for apprenticeships that fall under the National Apprenticeship System with a move toward a more student-centric model, the department...
American Healthcare REIT board remains neutral on unsolicited tender offer this time
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 16, 2024
The American Healthcare REIT Board of Directors is neutral on an unsolicited third-party bid mini-tender offer from Comrit Investments 1, according to a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange...