FTC’s noncompete ban upheld in one district court — a different conclusion than reached in another...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2024
A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Tuesday denied a request to block enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule banning noncompete agreements in most instances.
Bill aims to override Supreme Court decision on Chevron deference
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 24, 2024
Legislation introduced Tuesday in the Senate would override the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo to overturn the so-called Chevron doctrine, which held that...
Supreme Court decisions could be costly in long run, with ‘ripple effect’ for businesses, attorneys...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 23, 2024
Recent Supreme Court decisions could pose long-term ripple effects for businesses.
Fee-for-service skilled nursing utilization stable but still below pre-pandemic levels
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 22, 2024
National fee-for-service skilled nursing facility utilization has been stable year over year from the third quarter of 2023 to the third quarter of this year, but utilization remains 2 percentage points...
Home care spending outpaces nursing home spending ‘by far’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 19, 2024
Spending on healthcare goods and services grew by 8.3% between May 2023 and May 2024, according to the latest monthly Health Sector Economics brief from Altarum, released Thursday.
Senior living and care on track to set mergers and acquisitions record
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2024
Mergers and acquisitions involving senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities set a new quarterly record of 183 publicly announced transactions in the second quarter, and when annualized,...
Thrive Senior Living heads to South Korea with new joint venture
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 17, 2024
Atlanta-based Thrive Senior Living has launched a joint venture in Seoul, South Korea, with GH Partners, the newly formed company, Thrive-GPH, announced Tuesday.
GAO says resolved HHS, other recommendations could save government as much as $208 billion
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 16, 2024
Of 3,112 recommendations related to the US Department of Health and Human Services made by the Government Accountability Office from fiscal year 2001 to March 2024, 437 remain open, the GAO said in a report...
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.
GOP calls for agency regulation review in wake of Supreme Court overturning of Chevron doctrine
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 12, 2024
The Supreme Court’s decision last month to overturn a long-standing doctrine that had given regulatory agencies broad discretion to set rules for the entities they cover has set off a call from the Republican...