HCBS market recovers from drop that followed CMS proposal
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2023
Home- and community-based services markets are starting to recover after they “panicked” when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in late-April proposed that 80% of Medicaid payments for HCBS...
Amedisys receives $3.26 billion all-cash buyout offer from UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2023
Home health and hospice provider Amedisys received an unsolicited all-cash, $3.26 billion ($100 per share) offer Monday from UnitedHealth, through its Optum unit, to acquire all of the outstanding shares...
Business briefs, Aug. 2
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2022
Bill would require study on staffing agency price gouging during pandemic … Independent study confirms pay data collection is key tool in fighting discrimination, EEOC says … Senate Appropriations...
Cost inflation is ‘strategic challenge’ in senior living construction
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 10, 2022
Cost inflation continues to be a hot topic and a “strategic challenge” in senior living construction, Tad Melton, managing director at Ziegler, said Wednesday at a webinar hosted by the specialty investment...
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...