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U.S. economy generated 222,000 jobs in June 2017.

The Labor Department reported on Friday that nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally-adjusted 222,000 positions in June, the largest increase since February, and above the consensus 175,000 estimate.  This followed gains of 207,000 in April, originally reported as 174,000, and 152,000 in May, originally reported as 138,000. Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses since the last published…
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How Could the Proposed Senate Health Care Bill Impact the Nursing Home Sector?

In March, when the Republicans in the House submitted a proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), this Blog series provided a brief overview of how the proposal could affect the skilled nursing sector. Now that the Republicans in the Senate have released their own proposal, it’s again time to briefly review the key points of the…
Topics: Research
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Labor Is a Challenge–A Familiar Lament

Increasingly, operators of seniors housing and care properties are reporting labor shortages in all occupations across their operating platforms, ranging from care managers to executive directors. More broadly, U.S. employers in April advertised the most job openings in 16 years, yet hiring fell and fewer people quit work.   Indeed, job openings rose 4.5% in April to more than 6 million,…
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NEW: NIC MAP’s New Employment and Wage Data Report

I’m excited to tell you about new reports that have been launched on our NIC MAP® web client platform.  Called the NIC MAP Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment and Wage Reports, they aim to help our clients assess and benchmark local labor pools and wage rates. More specifically, the reports provide metropolitan area, state and national level employment and…
Topics: Data, Labor
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The Case for Small Reforms within Long-Term and Post-Acute Care

While major reforms of the Affordable Care Act, such as those proposed by the Trump administration and Republican leaders in Congress are sure to have an impact on the post-acute and long-term care industry–if passed–by dedicating all our attention to the big “what ifs”, we may be ignoring the trees for the forest. This commentary offers a few examples of…
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