Senior living leaders identify how to pay for wellness programming … House passes 12% funding increase for affordable housing … NLRB, FTC partner to promote fair competition, advance workers’ rights...
Omnibus appropriations package sets aside $275 million to address visa backlog
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 16, 2022
The $1.5 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act passed by Congress last week includes a $275 million omnibus appropriations package that will help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services address...
Staffing shortages tops this year’s list of safety concerns: ECRI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2022
Staffing shortages topped the list of safety concerns of healthcare providers, according to an annual report released Monday by ECRI.
Erickson’s Medicare Advantage plan earns 5-Star CMS rating for second consecutive year
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2021
Erickson Advantage, Erickson Senior Living’s resident-only Medicare Advantage plan, has received top recognition from the Centers for Medicare & Med
Business briefs, Oct. 4
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2021
Pandemic: Seniors fare better mentally, emotionally than middle-aged adults, but fewer plan to continue using telehealth, survey finds … Republican-backed measure to block use of federal monies for COVID-19...
Report addresses long-term care’s ‘elephant in the room’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2021
Occupancy, the prospect journey, technology and COVID-19 are the top headwinds facing the long-term care industry, according to a recent report from predictive marketing firm G5.
Senior living industry breathes sigh of relief over Provider Relief monies, asks HHS to pay up
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 12, 2021
With Senate passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal on Tuesday, the senior living industry is breathing a sigh of relief that Provider Relief Funds emerged unscathed.
Tech will play critical role in combating labor challenges, other issues: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 08, 2021
The market for technologies that address healthcare labor shortages is expected to grow alongside workforce challenges and an aging population, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler’s recently...
COVID blurs lines between sectors, holds lessons for operators: NIC panel
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 27, 2021
Some lines among skilled nursing facilities and assisted living, memory care and independent living communities have become blurred in the era of COVID-19, according to panelists at Wednesday’s Leadership...