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Healthcare spending growth projected to outpace GDP to 2032
Jun 13, 2024
National health expenditures are projected to have increased 7.5% in 2023, when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended.
BLS: Nursing, residential care facilities add 11,000 jobs in February
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 11, 2024
Nursing and residential care facilities, collectively, generated 11,000 jobs in February, according to Friday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
OSHA civil penalty increases effective today
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 17, 2023
Changes to OSHA civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023 went into effect today.
‘Wave of demand’ coming in senior living, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2023
Senior living is a growth sector, John Chang, senior vice president of research services at Marcus & Millichap, said during a Tuesday afternoon webcast sponsored by the real estate investment services...
Increased financial pressure looms, but outlook for CCRCs is balanced, Fitch says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 17, 2023
Increased financial pressure is heading down the pike, with a mild recession likely in the months ahead. That’s according to commentary from Fitch Ratings.
Long-term care M&A activity increases to 110 deals in second quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2023
The number of publicly announced senior living and skilled nursing-related mergers and acquisitions increased by 11% during the second quarter of the year, to 110 deals from 99 transactions in the first...
Proposed changes could double budget rate increase for affordable senior housing providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 22, 2022
A proposed change in how operating costs are calculated for affordable housing communities is projected to double the annual budget rate increase for those providers in 2023.
Fed ‘may have gone too far’ with rapid interest rate increases, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2023
A risk exists that the Federal Reserve “may have gone too far” with rapid interest rate increases over the past 14 months or so “and won’t know until they’ve gone farther,” Mary Ludgin, senior...
April’s jobless rate ties January’s record low at 3.4%
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2023
After a slight bump in March, the nation’s jobless rate slipped to 3.4%, tying it with January’s record low. That’s the lowest jobless level in 54 years.