In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama proposed the creation of a Veterans Job Corp to curb high unemployment rates for returning veterans. That’s opportunity knocking for...
LTC industry offers strong job growth in metropolitan areas
Apr 29, 2011
To strengthen providers’ argument that the GOP’s proposed Medicare changes would endanger employees’ livelihoods, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care has released a report showing...
Senate takes out therapy caps, physician pay provisions from jobs bill
Feb 16, 2010
Just hours after unveiling a jobs bill that would extend the therapy caps exceptions process and delay a pay cut for Medicare physicians, Senate leaders last week scrapped it in favor of a bill that contains...
New draft legislation would extend therapy caps exceptions process
Feb 12, 2010
Senate Finance Committee leaders Thursday issued a draft of a jobs-creation bill. The legislation would extend the Medicare Part B therapy caps exceptions process and delay through Sept. 30 an impending...
Yarwood to Obama: Long-term care can play key role in job growth, economic recovery
Jan 27, 2010
A robust jobs proposal and strengthening the nation’s long-term care sector must be cornerstones of the 2010 legislative agenda, said Bruce Yarwood, president and CEO of the American Health Care...
Long-term care leaders tout nursing home sector for jobs
Dec 07, 2009
Maintaining a robust long-term care workforce is a cornerstone for bolstering the ailing economy, two long-term care leaders said last week.