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...
Business briefs, Aug. 2
By
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...
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...
Government underinvestment responsible for aging services infrastructure decline: LeadingAge CEO
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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...
Supply chain will be ‘hit or miss’ for foreseeable future
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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.
Cost inflation is ‘strategic challenge’ in senior living construction
By
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...
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
By
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...