Costs of most construction materials increasing 1% per month
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 06, 2022
The cost of construction materials is expected to increase at a pace of approximately 1% per month throughout the year, according to Chris Harrison, executive vice president and general manager at the...
OSHA’s proposed COVID-19 healthcare rule ‘over prescriptive,’ confusing, industry leaders say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2022
A proposed federal COVID-19 healthcare rule is “overly prescriptive” and creates confusion, according to senior living industry leaders.
Government underinvestment responsible for aging services infrastructure decline: LeadingAge CEO
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light “decades of state and federal underinvestment in our aging services infrastructure,” Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, wrote in an opinion...
Lingering pandemic-related costs slow operating margin growth: NIC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2022
As occupancy recovery in senior living continues and the pandemic eases, increasing operating expenses may limit the growth of operating margins in the next six months, according to the National Investment...
Provider Relief Fund replenishment is new rallying cry for long-term care advocates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2022
The Provider Relief Fund is front and center among senior living and care organizations rallying for additional financial support and resources for the long-term care sector, which they say is in a “critical...
Pressures mount for staffing agencies accused of price gouging long-term care operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
While senior living and other long-term care leaders are being joined by other healthcare groups, and even members of Congress, to call for federal action against price-gouging by temporary staffing agencies,...
Business briefs, Jan. 31
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2022
Legislation turns up heat on staffing agencies accused of price gouging … Governor pauses WA Cares LTC tax for 18 months … Senators introduce bipartisan bill to protect seniors from fraud … Birmingham...
Long-term care leaders urge White House to intervene in anticompetitive staffing agency practices
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2022
Leaders from the country’s largest long-term care associations on Tuesday asked White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeffrey Zients for “assistance with an anticompetitive practice with certain...
Long-term care needs relief to sustain services through omicron and beyond, LeadingAge tells Biden
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2022
LeadingAge is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to deliver an emergency relief package to sustain senior living and other long-term care providers through the omicron variant of COVID-19...
Supply chain will be ‘hit or miss’ for foreseeable future
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and its various iterations have brought supply chain challenges to the forefront for senior living and care providers.