Government underinvestment responsible for aging services infrastructure decline: LeadingAge CEO
By
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
By
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
By
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
By
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
By
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
By
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
By
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.
Amid COVID-19 test shortages, price gouging Is on the rise
Jan 10, 2022
Attorney general offices around the country have reported receiving complaints or hearing stories of price gouging.
Senior living operators express optimism in increasing development pipelines
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 19, 2021
Improving lead volumes in senior living and a recent increase in construction lending reflect expectations that development pipelines will increase soon, according to the latest NIC Executive Survey Insights...
