Registration is underway for the 2016 NIC Fall Conference, September 14–16 in downtown Washington, D.C. With full schedules of networking and programming for all three days, the conference will attract seniors housing and care leaders focused on shoring up connections and adding their voices to discussions central to the industry.
Networking
Connections Take Central Stage
The conference offers attendees a…
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By Beth Burnham Mace, Chief Economist, NIC
The long-anticipated increase of the age 65+ population has started, thanks to the aging baby boomer generation, lower birth rates, and improved longevity—and it’s only expected to continue. By 2030, 21% of the population, an estimated 74 million people, will be past retirement age.
This growing demographic will have serious and long-lasting implications…
Topics:
Aging,
Baby Boomers,
Demographics,
Entitlement Programs,
Events,
Labor,
Medicare,
Research,
Seniors Housing,
Social Security,
U.S. Economy
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By Liz Liberman, Health Care Analyst, NIC
David Grabowski, professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, published a very interesting study in conjunction with the University of Michigan, in the May issue of
Health Affairs. What caught the attention of the press was not the study itself but its attention-grabbing title: “
Low-Quality Nursing Homes Were More …
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The Labor Department reported that nonfarm employment increased by 160,000 positions in April, less than the 200,000 positions consensus projection. Over the past 12 months, monthly job increases have averaged 232,000. Employment increased in in professional and business services, health care, and financial activities. Job losses continued in mining. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for February was revised…
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By Liz Liberman, Health Care Analyst, NIC
Recently the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) sent CMS a
letter encouraging the agency to finalize a proposed rule that would improve discharge policies in hospitals and address the gaps in communication that occur during patient transitions.
In California, hospitals will face the challenge of improving discharge policies even before CMS has…
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