Peer-to-Peer: AccordCare, which dropped anchor on East Coast, now has designs on West
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 13, 2021
Starting AccordCare two months before a global pandemic hit was either the best time or the worst time to launch a personal care company with a unique subset in complex clinical care.
Business briefs for Monday, Oct. 26
Oct 26, 2020
HHS broadens definition of lost revenue for Provider Relief Fund to allow more aid to operators … Provider groups request extension of moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts … Ziegler closes...
Bill broadening scope of assisted living supported by industry advocates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 07, 2022
Broadening the scope of practice in assisted living to permanently provide “common sense” basic health services is the goal of a proposed bill in Massachusetts.
COVID-19 requires ‘significant adjustments’ to operating model, Capital Senior Living says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2020
Capital Senior Living has made “significant adjustments” to its operating model in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Operating Officer Brandon Ribar said Tuesday on the company’s fourth-quarter...
Broadened scope of practice in assisted living should continue after pandemic, association argues
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 25, 2021
With most pandemic restrictions lifting this coming weekend in Massachusetts and the state’s state of emergency ending June 15, a senior living association is advocating for the continuance of a pandemic...
New tablet computers will help ease communication during pandemic, Capital says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 22, 2020
Dallas-based Capital Senior Living is expanding its Virtual Engagement Program by distributing tablet computers to all of its communities.
Body mass index, obesity up during the pandemic for U.S. adults
Apr 04, 2022
Higher rates of alcohol consumption and lower smoking rates may have contributed to higher obesity.
Senior living residents, workers vying with other groups for priority COVID-19 vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2021
Even as many states are following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on COVID-19 vaccine priority groups, certain states are expanding access within those initial groups, potentially delaying...
FDA advisers say next round of COVID-19 booster shots should target an XBB Variant
Jun 15, 2023
Protection against the original strain of the virus will be dropped from the updated vaccines as it could contribute to lower vaccine efficacy against newer strains.
Operators expected to keep more aid after HHS revises Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 23, 2020
Citing “significant attention and opposition from many stakeholders and members of Congress,” HHS has revised requirements for Provider Relief Fund reporting and broadened the definition of “lost...