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Research Project: How much did your organization spend on H1N1 preparedness?

My firm (Grubb & Ellis/Apex Healthcare) is conducting a quick and simple research project, surveying health care providers regarding the costs incurred during their preparation for the H1N1 pandemic that never occurred. We’d like anyone…

Assisted Living

Strategies for Accomplishing New Development or Major Capital Projects

One of the focal areas of my consulting practice/work is assisting health care organizations in accessing sources of funding (securing financing basically) for major projects and/or new development. Given the state of the economy, most…

Policy and Politics - Federal

Health Care Reform Implications: Medical Device and DME

Over the next few days I’ll be pushing out a series of posts as my schedule permits, on the implications of health care reform for various industry segments. These are not meant as in-depth analyses,…

Assisted Living

Sharpen the Sales and Marketing Efforts in 2010

I lost track this past year of how many people I talked to that told me that, “organizationally, we are kind of stalled in developing new business because of the economy and health care reform”….

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Credit Markets to Remain Tight: FDIC Issues Caution

The Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a statement warning that the biggest area of remaining risk for banks is commercial real estate loans. Her statement comes as a result of continued rising…

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Healthcare Economic Outlook

As my work is focused on healthcare and more succinctly, post-acute healthcare and senior housing, I follow overall economic trends and conditions and translate the same for the healthcare economy. As healthcare remains a private…

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GAO on CRRCs and Boards of Directors

Earlier this year, Senator Kohl, Chair of the Senate Aging Committee, requested that the GAO study the finances, operations and governance of CCRCs. According to Kohl, seniors invest significant portions of their life savings when…

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Hospice MedPAC Wrap Up

Hospice Update – Spring 09 Overview Commencing with its June 2004 report to Congress, MedPAC (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission) has been trending a series of reform recommendations to the Medicare Hospice Benefit. The Hospice benefit…

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Reg

Healthcare executive, consultant, and author covering post-acute care, senior living, and the economics behind both - for 30+ years.

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