New state rankings rate pandemic healthcare performance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2022
Health systems in Hawaii and Maine ranked the highest among the states as far as vaccination rates, capacity in hospital and intensive care units, and death rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, in new...
Nursing home workforce shortages hit Minnesota the hardest, California the least
By
Ron Rajecki
Apr 18, 2022
Minnesota’s nursing homes reported the largest staffing shortages in the country, according to an analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data conducted by Seniorly.
Omega portfolio occupancy growth thwarted by omicron in fourth quarter
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 04, 2022
The omicron variant of COVID-19 has dramatically slowed skilled nursing facility occupancy recovery and created additional labor challenges, Omega Healthcare Investors CEO Taylor Pickett said Thursday...
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...
All states must comply with forthcoming COVID vaccine mandate, former OSHA official says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 29, 2021
Individual states do not have the authority to opt out of the emergency temporary standard on workplace COVID-19 vaccines and testing expected to be released soon by the Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Biden administration could withhold funds from long-term care providers to encourage worker vaccination
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2021
Biden administration officials are considering withholding funds from long-term-care providers that they say aren’t doing enough to encourage employee vaccinations, according to unnamed sources quoted...
ACHCA joins in effort to ‘strongly urge’ COVID-19 vaccination in long-term care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2021
The American College of Health Care Administrators said late Tuesday that it is joining several other long-term care and healthcare-related groups in an effort to “strongly urge the vaccination of all...
Calls for COVD-19 vaccination mandates for long-term care workers draw mixed reactions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2021
Fifty-seven healthcare organizations, including LeadingAge, which represents more than 5,000 nonprofit aging services providers, issued a joint statement Monday calling for long-term care and other healthcare...
Seniors housing and care M&A activity drops 39% in the first quarter
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Amy Novotney
Apr 15, 2021
After a strong fourth quarter, merger and acquisition activity within the senior housing and care industries dropped precipitously to 77 deals in the first quarter of this year, according to data released...
AHCA, LeadingAge propose $15B in nursing home reforms to address workforce shortages, underfunding
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 16, 2021
The American Health Care Association and LeadingAge Monday released a $15 billion reform agenda, the Care for Our Seniors Act, to address long-standing challenges affecting the quality of care provided...