National Health Care Corp. sees mild year-over-year income increase
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2023
Murfreesboro, TN-based National Health Care Corp. on Friday reported a year-over-year net operating revenues and grant income of 1.1% at the end of 2022. The increase to $1.08 million happened despite...
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.
Bipartisan Senate bill aims to increase nurse training programs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2023
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation meant to address the nursing shortage affecting healthcare providers and communities throughout the United States.
Acts Retirement-Life, Mease Life consider affiliation
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2023
Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement–Life Communities and Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, have signed a letter of intent to explore a possible affiliation. A due diligence review has begun, and the companies...
Mease Life affiliates with Acts Retirement–Life Communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2023
Continuing care retirement community Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, and Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement-Life Communities have finalized their affiliation after signing a letter of intent in April...
Cogeneration system harnesses power of clean energy for long-term care operator
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2023
It takes a lot of energy to heat and cool Hebrew Home of Riverdale’s 32-acre campus on Hudson River in the Bronx, NY. When it came time to replace aging equipment — some buildings are well over 100...
Career pathway programs can mitigate workforce shortages: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 21, 2023
Some states are looking at developing career pathway programs as a strategy to address or mitigate workforce shortages in long-term care, according to a recent report from the National Conference of State...
Fishers, IN-based healthcare real estate company Invesque and Dallas-based senior living provider Sonida Senior Living held second-quarter earnings calls on Monday.
End of PHE a good time to review employee accommodations—carefully, EEOC says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2023
The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency does not mean that employers can automatically terminate reasonable accommodations that were provided due to pandemic-related circumstances, the Equal Employment...
Most healthcare businesses optimistic about future of economy
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2023
More than half of healthcare professionals participating in a new survey said they expect the United States economy to improve over the next 12 months.