Ensign ‘excited’ about acquisitions; Healthpeak CCRCs have ‘pretty good first half’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 29, 2024
The Ensign Group and Healthpeak Properties detailed second-quarter 2024 earnings results on Friday calls with investors and analysts.
Senior living will ‘benefit greatly’ from ‘largest federal investment’ of $244 million in apprenticeships,...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2024
The White House has announced the awarding of $244 million in grants aimed at bolstering registered apprenticeship programs across the country.
SNFs face ‘increased and increasingly hostile’ government scrutiny, attorneys say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2024
The increased scrutiny facing nursing home providers since the COVID-19 pandemic includes “overall increased and increasingly sort of hostile approach by surveyors in the quality-of-care area,” according...
FTC challenges the challengers on noncompete rule
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2024
In response to mounting legal challenges and a looming court decision expected July 3, the Federal Trade Commission has filed a response to those seeking to stay a rule banning employer noncompete agreements.
Federal government to investigate private equity’s influence on nursing homes, HCBS, home health
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Health and Human Services Department have announced plans to jointly investigate private equity’s influence on healthcare.
The needs of middle-class Americans over 55 often go unmet: SCEPA
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2023
Many adults aged 55 and older who have difficulty with daily and instrumental activities aren’t getting the help they need, research associate Jessica Forden of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy...
On-site clinic helps CCRC residents age in place, exec says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 17, 2024
St. Mark Village, a continuing care retirement community in Palm Harbor, FL, has added a full-service, primary care clinic run by Curana Health. It opened Jan. 4 and serves residents and employees.
Policymakers, providers must take steps to prevent staff mass turnover, researchers say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 29, 2024
Employment levels in the skilled nursing industry are lagging compared with other parts of the healthcare continuum, noted the authors of a study published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical...
Experts: Mind these 4 health and safety focus areas
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2024
Occupational Health and Safety Administration regulations “should be considered the starting point for any facility health and safety program,” according to presenters at a Thursday webinar by business...
Contract CNA staffing associated with worse care quality outcomes: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 01, 2024
Nursing homes that use contract staffing to fill certified nursing assistant position vacancies are more likely to experience worse care quality than those that do not, according to the results of a study...