Strike threat looms in rural New York … Manslaughter trial starts in case of Hollywood, FL, hurricane deaths … These Medicare Advantage firms were most likely to deny prior authorizations … Water...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Jan. 18
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 18, 2023
Nursing home workers picket over pay, bed bugs, alleged labor-busting tactics … Florida grapples with increases in senior veterans, need for additional services … US flu activity continues to decline...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 6
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 06, 2022
700 nursing home workers striking at 14 facilities, with threat for additional walkouts … DOJ to state nursing board: Allow nurses with opioid use disorder to take treatment meds while maintaining license...
Nursing home labor flexing across US as staffing needs, COVID fan flames
By
Joe Bush
Sep 01, 2022
With newfound power, labor unions have flexed their muscle this summer in the skilled nursing and long-term care sectors, causing further headaches for already strained operators.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 24
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 23, 2022
Workers at two dozen PA nursing homes vote to strike in 10 days … HHS awards $25 million to five new states to expand Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person program
More than 1,500 nursing home workers prepare for one-day walk-off
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2021
The countdown is on in Pennsylvania, where more than 1,500 nursing home employees at 21 facilities statewide have pledged to walk off the job on July 27 to protest staffing levels, wages and stalled contract...
Unless union power takes a dip, best to bring your chips
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 21, 2021
As the divide between the haves and have-nots grows, unions seem well situated to rise in power.
Clinical briefs for Monday, June 28
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 28, 2021
To save itself, Medicare could deny coverage of controversial new Alzheimer’s drug, expert predicts … Aduhelm most appropriate for early dementia, MCI, experts say … Eli Lilly to seek early approval...
Massive strike averted: Operators, state, union reach deal to give workers ‘unprecedented wage increases’
By
Danielle Brown
May 17, 2021
Dozens of Connecticut nursing home operators are breathing a sigh of relief after an initial deal was reached that would give workers “unprecedented wage increases” over the next several years.
Can massive nursing homes strike be averted? That’s the $280 million question
By
Danielle Brown
May 12, 2021
An additional $280 million in funding for nursing homes — including a 10% boost for Medicaid and a 4.5% wage increase — has been proposed by Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) in an effort to avert a...