Vacant senior care jobs declining: NIC … Senator once again pressures HHS on return to in-person work … LeadingAge calls for moratorium on HCBS rule for two provider groups
CCRCs get new lease on life in Florida
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2023
But its long-term care providers have struggled to keep up with demand, thanks to a series of rules that stymied construction of new continuing care retirement communities. Legislation signed into law...
Also in the News for Wednesday, June 21
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 21, 2023
Nursing home medication aides get final approval in Florida … Wisconsin budget boosts daily rates, funds demo program for complex nursing home patients … NIC announces new board, educational programming
Insurance pressures boiling over: NIC
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 15, 2023
Increasing operator expenses continue to dog nursing homes, with higher prices for liability and property insurance eating into budgets, a new survey finds.
Visa change is new staffing hope as prospect of immigration reform fades
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 08, 2023
Just weeks ago, long-term care providers were rallying behind the Dignity Act, a bipartisan, wide-ranging piece of immigration reform that would add opportunities for guest workers while also tackling...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 10
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Kimberly Marselas
May 10, 2023
Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. plans to sell its final skilled nursing assets … Nursing home wound care consultant settles False Claims case … New GAO report adds to criticism of costly, trouble-plagued...
Employer protections in spotlight as court considers ‘take-home’ COVID liability
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Kimberly Marselas
May 08, 2023
Can an employer be held accountable for a spouse made deathly ill by the case of COVID-19 a loved one brought home from work?
Steve Landers to be next Hebrew Senior Life CEO
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2023
Steve Landers, MD, will be the next CEO and president of Hebrew SeniorLife, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated, integrated system of healthcare, senior living and research, the organization announced...
New smart bandage repairs wound from the inside out
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Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
A new smart bandage promises to attack stubborn wounds three ways to improve treatments and speed healing.
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 3
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 03, 2023
Medicare Advantage enrollment tops 50% for first time … Iowa reviewing certificate of need process for nursing homes …. NIC huddle: ALF job levels return while SNFs staffing still struggling …...