From Around the Web (April 3, 2026 Edition)
Senior Living & Housing (including Hospitality)
- Opening the Front Door: operators overhaul websites for a new generation of shoppers — Senior Housing News
- Ingleside tries to square the circle: affordability without breaking the math — Senior Housing News
- In the Pipeline: Kisco eyes Las Vegas; LCS continues work in North Carolina — Senior Housing News
- Dealbook: Jaybird expands with five communities; United Church Homes adds a management partner — Senior Housing News
- A Place for Mom names a new CMO as the marketing playbook keeps changing — Senior Housing News
- WTWH acquires HealthLeaders (media world consolidation watch) — Senior Housing News
- Actions & Transactions (April 2): deals, builds, renovations and operator moves — McKnight’s Senior Living
- Business briefs (April 2): quick hits worth scanning — McKnight’s Senior Living
- Active adult pioneers share wins, misfires—and what the market really is (and isn’t) — McKnight’s Senior Living
- 3 states move forward with dementia legislation: licensure + biomarker testing support — McKnight’s Senior Living
- Senior living software data breach impacts 60 operators across 4 states — McKnight’s Senior Living
Healthcare Continuum (SNF / Nursing Homes / Hospice / PACE / VBC)
- CMS proposes a 2.4% SNF PPS increase for FY 2027 — Skilled Nursing News
- Drug pricing law squeezes access for nursing homes + LTC pharmacies (reimbursement gap) — Skilled Nursing News
- State audit flags years of missed nursing home inspections + Medicaid eligibility failures — Skilled Nursing News
- Surviving nursing home audits in the age of AI — Skilled Nursing News
- Inside the new rules of home-based care dealmaking — Home Health Care News
- CMS “CRUSH” anti-fraud push: home-based care weighs in — Home Health Care News
- WTWH acquires HealthLeaders (home-based care media angle) — Home Health Care News
- CMS proposes a 2.4% hospice rate increase for FY 2027 — Hospice News
- WTWH acquires HealthLeaders (Hospice News parent company update) — Hospice News
- Future Leader: Sara Nigro (BetterRX) — Hospice News
Wellness, Longevity & Lifestyle (including Longevity Economy & Lifespan)
- Healthy longevity lessons from Latin America: purpose, training and older-worker opportunity — World Economic Forum
- Dementia is rising fast: 5 surprising, science-backed ways to protect your brain — World Economic Forum
- Lancôme gets serious about longevity with a new skin-care line — Global Wellness Summit
- Wellness real estate is still having a moment: GWS expands 2026 symposium lineup — Global Wellness Summit
- Global Wellness News hub: today’s longevity & lifestyle signals (rolling) — Global Wellness Summit
- Longevity Residences: “healthspan finally comes home” (trend hub) — Global Wellness Summit
Policy, Workforce & Leadership
- MLN Connects (April 2): LEAD & ASPIRE models + hospital updates — CMS
- MLN Connects (March 26): April 2026 OPPS update + coding items — CMS
- House launches hospice fraud investigation in Southern California (deadline: April 6) — LeadingAge
- CMS adds hospice billing rejection edit to hospital inpatient/outpatient services (effective April 1) — LeadingAge
- CMS publishes draft OASIS-E2 guidance manual (home health; effective April 1) — LeadingAge
- Brightview lands on “Best Companies to Work For” list (2026) — McKnight’s Senior Living
- Report: “collaboration, not isolation” needed to ease family caregiver pressure — McKnight’s Senior Living