CCRC salaries soaring: Nurses still in hottest demand but raises for all moderating … Unemployment rate sees little change at 3.8% in June: BLS … CA Supreme Court backs employers in ‘take-home’...
Business briefs, March 27
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
Bill closes ‘loophole’ in provider background checks … USCIS lifts COVID-related flexibilities … Biden’s budget would strengthen Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, HCBS, senator says … ORA...
Business briefs, Nov. 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 23, 2022
Ohio lawmakers consider legislation to infuse millions of dollars into nursing homes … Feds suspend sale of long-term care insurance to its employees for 2 years … Supreme Court declines to hear nursing...
Senior living diversifying as it matures: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2022
Numerous factors are helping the senior housing industry evolves and matures. That’s according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Feds include nursing homes, businesses in new COVID vaccination effort
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2022
President Biden on Tuesday called on more Americans, especially older adults, to get the updated COVID-19 booster shot ahead of upcoming holidays. In response, Albertson’s grocery store pharmacies and...
House subcommittee hearing highlights 6 actions for lawmakers, nursing homes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
Federal and state lawmakers must work with nursing homes on six actions related to care quality and support, Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, told the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis at...
Ending state of emergency won’t change staffing needs, provider group says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
ency on Oct. 31, long-term care staffing needs have not abated, and lifting the order could affect regulations that have permitted additional flexibility in staffing. That’s according to the Washington...
Provider, policy action can stabilize staffing levels during infectious disease outbreaks, researchers...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2022
Provider and policy action are needed to counter the effects of staff absences and departures, particularly during infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19, that may put nursing home residents at...
Staff COVID-19 vaccinations have risen 25 percentage points under CMS mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2022
COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff jumped 25 percentage points nationally thanks in no small part to a CMS mandate imposed earlier this year.
States renew request for U.S. Supreme Court to block healthcare worker vaccine mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2022
Attorneys general from nine states on Thursday renewed their request for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the legality of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, which they...