DEA: Extend COVID telehealth prescribing rules – for now
By
John O'Connor
May 05, 2023
With the end of the public health emergency for the outbreak rapidly approaching, the Drug Enforcement Administration has submitted plans to continue prescription flexibilities for telemedicine that were...
This shouldn’t be his decision to make
By
John O'Connor
Jan 20, 2022
This is one time when a governor’s decision to ignore the Supreme Court will come at a high cost. For others, that is.
3 ways you can make senior living better
By
John O'Connor
Aug 12, 2021
In some ways, COVID has become too convenient of a target.
Senate vote imminent on ‘skinny’ coronavirus relief plan
By
John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2020
Senate lawmakers are expected to vote Thursday on a coronavirus relief measure that could affect the home care field in several ways.
Can senior living breathe new life into struggling commercial real estate?
By
John O'Connor
Jul 13, 2020
Many parking garages, shopping malls and other commercial real estate structures were struggling before COVID-19. The pandemic’s spread has made things that much worse.
Mnuchin: Unemployed should not get what amounts to a raise while off the job
By
John O'Connor
Jul 13, 2020
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin recently said the White House wants to cap enhanced unemployment benefits in the next coronavirus package. One reason: so workers do not get benefits that exceed what...
Occupancy numbers hit historic lows: NIC
By
John O'Connor
Jul 10, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the second quarter, units in the senior living sector emptied out as never before. Occupancy levels declined by 2.8% to 84.9%, according to the National Investment...
Insurance getting much more expensive, when it’s available
By
John O'Connor
Jul 10, 2020
Add standard liability insurance to the list of woes that seniors housing and care operators must address. Such coverage is not only getting more difficult to find, rates are climbing by as much as 300%,...
AHCA / NCAL blasts meager COVID-19 funding levels
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2020
When it comes to COVID-19 federal aid, the seniors housing and care sector is getting shortchanged. So claims one of the nation’s largest eldercare organizations.
As pressures for live union elections mount, NLRB lays out new protocols
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2020
The National Labor Relations Board has created new measures that its regional agency officials should take when conducting in-person union elections. The notice comes amid pressure from many businesses...