Industry pursues two avenues for coronavirus relief as long-term care observes ‘most difficult year’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2021
American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark Parkinson said the organizations are pursuing two avenues for coronavirus relief for operators since the...
More news for Friday, May 5
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 05, 2023
Season of Reflection is 2023 theme for National Assisted Living Week … Most older adults say they will get updated COVID-19 booster, but will they? … First-ever RSV vaccine gets FDA nod, approved for...
‘You are going to make it,’ AHCA/NCAL CEO Mark Parkinson tells long-term care providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 11, 2022
Long-term care is going to survive. That’s the prediction President & CEO Mark Parkinson gave Monday during the opening general session of the AHCA/NCAL Conference & Expo.
New federal vaccination reporting rule may have implications for assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 12, 2021
A new federal requirement for skilled nursing facilities to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data may have implications for assisted living providers as efforts to increase vaccination uptake ramp up.
Senior living advocates ‘stopped freight train’ coming for Provider Relief Fund: Argentum
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2021
A concerted effort by the senior living and care industry may have “stopped the freight train” from running off with Provider Relief Fund dollars intended to help providers cover COVID-related expenses...
‘Most important work you’ve ever done’: Parkinson on COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2021
The U.S. long-term care industry has “been through hell and back” over the past 18 months, according to AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson. And the battle isn’t over yet.
As HHS gives $4.9 billion to nursing homes, provider groups ‘disappointed’ that COVID-19 support...
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2020
Nobody in long-term care is begrudging skilled nursing facilities for the $4.9 billion that began flowing to providers on Friday to fight effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but associations are asking federal...
Feds to allocate another $4.5 billion in relief payments
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 17, 2020
Operators facing “significant hardships” soon may get some relief, thanks to expanded Phase 3 payments. In all, another $4.5 billion has been added to the program. Assisted living operators are expected...
Business of long-term care ‘has never been worse’ as occupancy, staffing challenges continue
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — With the clinical issues of COVID-19 largely behind the long-term care industry, the business side “has never been worse,” according to American Health Care Association / National...
COVID-19 ‘nightmare’ provides ‘teachable moment’ for industry: NIC panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2020
COVID-19 is “a nightmare beyond any worst-case scenario” for the senior living and care industry, but the overriding message is “we’re going to get through this,” Mark Parkinson, president and...