Impact of dockworker strike on medicine, medical device supply currently assessed as ‘limited’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Supply chains could be disrupted by striking dockworkers at the country’s East Coast and Gulf Coast seaboards, but the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that preliminary assessments...
Virtual standardized patients ‘promising’ to train nurses for long-term care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Multimodal teaching strategies work well in training nurses for the long-term care workforce, according to the results of a newly published study in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society.
Policies needed to improve direct care workers’ financial situation: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 05, 2024
Low wages and high poverty rates for direct care workers sound the alarm for policy efforts to improve conditions in nearly every state, according to a new report from PHI.
Business briefs, Aug. 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 01, 2024
CMS increase abilities to fine nursing homes, hikes Medicare pay by 4.2% … CMS gives hospices payment bump of 2.9% for FY 2025 … USCIS to conduct second random selection for H-1B cap registrations...
States increase efforts to draw workers to healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Multiple states are taking efforts to build the healthcare workforce with training and certification programs.
Healthcare cost growth rate down year over year, except for skilled nursing
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2024
Healthcare cost rates grew by 2.8% year over year in April, down from the growth rate of 3.1% seen the previous month.
Retirement confidence has not recovered from significant 2023 drop: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 30, 2024
Workers’ and retirees’ confidence has not fully bounced back from last year’s drop, but signs exist that a positive recovery is underway, according to results of the 2024 Retirement Confidence Survey...
Retirement savings, future of government programs worry women: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 18, 2024
Women aged 25 and older are concerned about whether they will be able to afford future health costs and retirement, according to the results of a survey by the National Council on Aging and Women’s Institute...
Business briefs, April 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 17, 2024
Bill promises ‘generational investment’ to support LTC workforce … Medicaid Access Rule a step closer to being finalized … Proposed information collection tool mean to help people recover ‘lost’...
Business briefs, April 15
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 15, 2024
Senate rejects joint employer rule; Biden expected to veto … Nursing home fights for right to end temporary bonuses, avoid $369K payout … Troubled nursing home in contempt over non-payment of $2.65...