Mark Parkinson, the nursing home industry’s most influential spokesman, has announced he will retire as president and CEO of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living next...
Parkinson: Time for ‘fantastic run’ to end after AHCA credibility, innovation gains
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 21, 2024
At age 66, Mark Parkinson still has plenty in the tank when it comes to championing long-term care causes. But stepping back will still be the right move.
BREAKING: AHCA’s Parkinson to step down next January
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 20, 2024
Mark Parkinson, the US nursing home industry’s most influential spokesman for at least a generation, announced today he will be stepping down from his post as president and CEO of the American Health...
HHS chief returns focus of low COVID-19 vax rates to nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 04, 2024
The nation’s top health official met with US nursing home leaders for the second time in two weeks Wednesday to discuss what he called concerningly low COVID-19 vaccination rates among long-term care...
Parkinson says proposed staffing mandate a ‘death sentence’ for rural nursing homes, offers answers
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2023
Long-term care industry advocates pulled no punches Wednesday when asked at a Sanford Health summit about likely outcomes facing rural operators if CMS’s proposed minimum staffing mandate becomes...
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By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 28, 2023
Mandate “will only make our labor crisis worse”: Parkinson op-ed … Judge denies bid to reopen Hollywood Hills manslaughter case after issuing full acquittal of nursing home administrator … Iowa...
Nursing home sector wants more help from hospitals in vaccination push
By
Joe Bush
Dec 20, 2022
Nursing home advocates are doubling down on their push to get hospitals that discharge so many patients to skilled nursing facilities to vaccinate those they’re transfering.
White House announces big nursing home COVID-19 vaccination push and providers push back
By
Joe Bush
Nov 23, 2022
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a six-week $475 million campaign to raise the COVID-19 vaccination rate among nursing home residents, and the sector’s leaders responded immediately with...
White House to extend PHE designation through April, reports say
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 14, 2022
The federal government will extend the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration until at least April, according to published reports.
Citing potential surge, nursing home leaders press for PHE extension
By
Joe Bush
Nov 03, 2022
The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living on Wednesday appealed to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to support the extension of the Public Health Emergency...