Omega Healthcare Investors has ‘headroom’ to withstand LaVie’s bankruptcy: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors’ credit rating has enough of a cushion to weather the recent bankruptcy of tenant LaVie Care Centers, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
Workforce mental health needs increase for most large employers: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2023
Seventy-seven percent of large employers reported an increase in workforce mental health needs in a recent survey by Business Group on Health. That’s an increase of 33% from a year ago, when 44% of employers...
Lessons from the pandemic can help ensure caregivers’ mental health and well-being
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Healthcare organizations’ disaster preparedness plans must include “explicit plans for supporting mental health,” say the authors of a new piece in JAMA Psychiatry.
Erickson Senior Living’s MA plan earns top recognition from CMS for fourth year in a row
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2023
Erickson Advantage, Erickson Senior Living’s resident-only Medicare Advantage plan, has earned five stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the fourth consecutive year.
Balancing costs, benefits a challenge in recruiting, retaining workers: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 14, 2023
Battling increasing costs while investing in employee benefits often is a balancing act in the recruitment and retention of employees, according to the results of a survey from London-based global advisory,...
Rate growth slows for SNFs, home care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 17, 2024
Rates for both nursing home care and home healthcare grew more slowly in March than in February, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Tuesday.
National HealthCare Corp., CareTrust REIT and Ventas presented second-quarter earnings results on Friday.
Nursing home care continues to outpace most categories of national health spending: Altarum
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 20, 2023
Nursing home care in September once again represented one of the fastest-growing categories of national health spending, second only to spending on prescription drugs, according to Altarum’s monthly...
REITs focused on long-term care are ‘unsung heroes’ of investing, asset manager says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 29, 2023
Real estate investment trusts with portfolios heavy in skilled nursing and senior living assets are being called the “unsung heroes” among investments by the author of one online post.
Nursing home care among fastest-growing categories of national health spending: Altarum
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 20, 2023
Nursing home care represented one of the fastest-growing categories of national health spending in August, with year-over-year growth of 10.1%, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic...