Retiring Jewish HomeLife CEO talks about the importance of succession planning, diversification and vaccine...
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 04, 2022
Harley Tabak (Photo courtesy of Jewish HomeLife) Harley Tabak will retire at the end of the year after two decades at the helm of Jewish HomeLife in Atlanta. In April, he’ll transition to the role of...
Be ready as OSHA vows to ‘hold businesses accountable’ after Supreme Court halts COVID vaccine mandate
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2022
Breathing a sigh of relief after Thursday’s Supreme Court stay of a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers? Not so fast, legal experts say.
More staffing, training could reduce deaths from dementia-related resident-on-resident incidents, researcher...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 11, 2018
Addressing staffing and training issues could help reduce the number of deaths from resident-on-resident incidents involving assisted living and nursing home residents with dementia, says the author of...
5 keys to integrated care delivery in senior living
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2018
Maria Nadelstumph of Brandywine Living shared with attendees at the NIC Spring Investment Forum what her company had learned when seeking partners to help integrate care delivery into service offerings...
Gingrich: Look to alternatives to immigration for workforce solutions
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 28, 2017
Immigration isn’t the answer to senior living’s workforce challenges, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told those attending Wednesday’s opening general session of the National...
Assisted living operator involved in record-breaking $1.3 billion healthcare fraud takedown
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 13, 2017
A Florida home health agency paid kickbacks to the owner of three assisted living communities and others in exchange for referrals that resulted in more than $3 million in fraudulent Medicare payments,...
‘Best days are ahead’ under Trump, with caveats, financial adviser says
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2017
Gross domestic product growth could increase to 3% starting in 2018, one expert predicts, if the federal government can enact several reforms, among them healthcare and immigration.
$125,000 NIC study will assess demand for middle-market seniors housing
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2017
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care is spending $125,000 to study the demand for middle-market seniors housing, the organization formally announced Monday. NIC CEO Robert G. Kramer...
Long-term care struggles for COVID-19 resources speak to deeper societal issue, leaders say
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Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2020
Assisted living communities’ and nursing homes’ difficulty in securing personal protective equipment and testing to prevent or contain the spread of COVID-19, despite the fact that older adults are...
HHS: Medicare overpaid Brookdale $3.3M for improperly billed claims for home health provided to assisted...
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2021
The Medicare program made approximately $3.3 million in overpayments to Brookdale Home Health for claims that were incorrectly billed for home health services provided to assisted living residents and...