New National Senior Campuses chair plans to focus on diversity, technology, civic issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2019
Increasing diversity among residents and staff, upgrading technology and collaborating on civic issues with residents of the greater community are the main goals that Michelle Bohreer has identified for...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
HHS extends COVID-19 public health emergency
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 11, 2021
The federal public health emergency due to COVID-19 has been extended until April, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced Thursday evening.
HHS: Public health emergency likely to last rest of year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 26, 2021
The federal public health emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic likely will extend through 2021, Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Norris Cochran said Friday in a letter to governors.
Public health emergency extended 90 more days
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 14, 2022
The federal public health emergency related to COVID-19 is being renewed effective Saturday, when the existing one was set to expire, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.
$484 billion COVID-19 relief bill contains $75 billion for PPE, but will senior living see any of it?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2020
The $484 billion funding package passed by the Senate Tuesday afternoon to provide relief from the effects of COVID-19 contains $75 billion for personal protective equipment and other resources for hospitals,...
Financial effects of pandemic hitting senior living hardest now, members of Congress tell HHS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2020
Senior living operators need “urgent financial resources” to fight the coronavirus pandemic, a bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives told Health and Human Services Secretary Alex...
Assisted living, post-acute providers have ‘room for progress’ in four key areas, HHS secretary...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2018
Assisted living and post-acute care providers “will play a key role in the healthcare system over the next several decades,” HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II said Tuesday. Both industries, however,...
$35 million ‘whistleblower’ lawsuit dropped against Brookdale Senior Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 07, 2019
A former utilization review nurse at Brookdale Senior Living who claimed the country’s largest senior living company fraudulently billed the Medicare program for $35 million dropped her lawsuit on Monday.
Members of Congress show support for affordable housing in bobbed Build Back Better Act
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2021
As negotiations between leaders in the legislative and executive branches of government continue over what provisions will be included in a slimmed-down Build Back Better Act, two “dear colleague”...