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The American Rescue Plan: A Sector Summary

By: Ryan Brooks  |  March 12, 2021

On March 10, the House passed the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic relief bill aimed at helping the country recover from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. On March 11, President Biden signed the bill into law.

COVID-19  |  Ideas and Discussion  |  NIC Fall Conference  |  Regulatory Environment  |  Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing

NIC Conference Keynote on Policy Offers Candor and Optimism

By: NIC  |  October 26, 2020

Seniors Housing and Government Can Work Together for a Bright Future. One of the attractions of any NIC Conference is the caliber of thought leadership and insight provided in main stage keynote sessions. Typical keynotes, held in large ballrooms, hardly feel intimate. In contrast, much of the 2020 NIC Fall Conference, hosted on a virtual platform that put every speaker and attendee on a face-to-face basis, felt close, personal, and disarmingly genuine. This dynamic was on display for one of the most anticipated keynote discussions of the nation’s most important seniors housing and care event.

Business Environment  |  Regulatory Environment  |  Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing

Federal Reserve Announces Details for Main Street Lending Program

By: Bill Kauffman  |  April 10, 2020

Additional Capital for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses. The Fed can purchase up to $600 billion in loans through the Main Street Lending Program.

Regulatory Environment  |  Senior Housing  |  Skilled Nursing

Announcing COVID-19: CMS Regulatory Review

By: Bill Kauffman and Ryan Brooks  |  April 10, 2020

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken numerous critical steps to ensure U.S. health care facilities are prepared to respond to the threat of disease caused by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. These actions include deadline extensions, policy waivers, benefit expansions, and a reprioritization of certain surveys to grant flexibilities to skilled nursing operators and allow them to take the necessary steps to provide uninterrupted care to their communities.

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