Long-term care operators wait as CNA candidates encounter exam issues in PA
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 23, 2022
Prospective certified nurse aides in Pennsylvania are coming up against long wait times to schedule licensing testing and are giving up on employment in healthcare, state lawmakers were told at a public...
Federal investigators confirm that UnitedHealth short-changed suppliers that administered COVID-19 vaccinations...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 26, 2021
UnitedHealth Group will reprocess all of its commercial claims related to COVID-19 vaccine administration, after federal investigators confirmed that the nation’s largest insurer paid “millions”...
Lawmakers urge SEC to overhaul insider trading rules
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 17, 2021
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) are calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to overhaul insider trading rules that they claim put retail...
Thousands of Washingtonians look to opt out of long-term care insurance tax
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2021
Washington state is set to launch next year the nation’s first publicly operated insurance program next year to help offset residents’ future long-term care costs, but not all workers are on board...
Pandemic effects ‘pronounced,’ but business drivers ‘firmly intact,’ Welltower says
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2020
The pandemic, as expected, had a “pronounced” effect on Welltower’s financial results in the second quarter, especially those results related to senior living and skilled nursing, Chairman and CEO...
Equity, debt capital structuring push Regional Health Properties toward growth, REIT says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 18, 2021
Regional Health Properties said Monday that it expects to move into growth mode heading into the third quarter. The Suwanee, GA-based real estate investment trust reported its second-quarter earnings in...
Only ‘very small percent’ of LTC providers will require staff to get COVID vaccine: LeadingAge poll
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Amy Novotney
Jan 04, 2021
An informal poll conducted late last month by one LeadingAge state partner found that only a very small percent of long-term care operators plan to require a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment,...
National Health Investors to complete portfolio optimization this year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 24, 2022
Murfreesboro, TN-based National Health Investors will complete its portfolio optimization efforts within the next couple of quarters, CEO and President Eric Mendelsohn said on Wednesday’s earnings call.
Demand for senior housing driving accelerated move-in pace: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2021
Demand for senior housing and care continues to increase despite rising COVID-19 cases. That’s according to the latest executive survey from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
A Place for Mom raises $175M in growth equity funding
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 26, 2022
New York-based A Place for Mom has raised $175 million in growth equity funding, the company reported Monday.