Registration opens for LeadingAge annual meeting Oct. 27-30
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 19, 2024
The annual meeting and exposition for LeadingAge, the long-term care association dedicated solely to nonprofit providers, has opened its registration portal.
After ‘offensive’ attack, Parkinson and Sloan push lawmakers for solutions, not shame
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 09, 2024
The two largest organizations representing US nursing homes this week fired back against a pair of influential lawmakers who have tried to paint industry efforts to stop a minimum staffing rule as motivated...
Also in the News for Wednesday, May 29, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 29, 2024
LeadingAge will join federal lawsuit to block staffing mandate … New tools, comprehensive training published to help manage aggression in dementia patients … Georgia law provides protections for...
‘No time to mislead the public’ on nursing homes, Biden told; experts offer solutions
By
Josh Henreckson
May 06, 2024
The Biden administration should stop its “incendiary descriptions” of the long-term care sector and focus instead on collaborative policy solutions, scolded LeadingAge president and CEO Katie Smith...
An overdue double-dose of good news
By
John O'Connor
May 06, 2024
You hardly need to be reminded that this has been a tough year for long-term care providers — and we’re barely into May.
Also in the News for Thursday, April 18, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 18, 2024
Consumer advocates decry ‘letters of agreement’ for nursing home corrections … Nursing home resident dies of Legionnaires’ disease … LeadingAge unveils new strategic plan … Shingles vaccine...
Advocates work behind scenes to stop, reshape staffing rule as finalization nears
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 16, 2024
Several nursing home advocacy organizations have met with the White House Office of Management and Budget in recent days, angling to change the proposed minimum staffing rule that could be issued in final...
LA Leadership Summit kicks off Monday
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 12, 2024
The annual LeadingAge spring conference, the Leadership Summit, starts Monday and will again feature a variety of educational sessions on operations, technology, lobbying activities and strategy.
Consumer advocates call for more CMS audits of nursing homes over related-party activity
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 09, 2024
A new consumer advocacy report is calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to increase its scrutiny of nursing homes and their business dealings with related-party companies.
Roberto Muñiz: Living the senior care dream
By
John Roszkowski
Jan 31, 2024
As a child from Puerto Rico growing up in a rough New Jersey neighborhood, Roberto Muñiz never dreamed he would one day be CEO of a major senior health system and lead one of the nation’s largest senior...