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Justine Vogel BY JUSTINE VOGEL Rosemary Coffin and Maryanna Hatch, the visionary founders of RiverWoods, recognized the necessity for a community-focused living space for seniors; and they successfully brought their dreams to life. In 1994 our first campus opened as a nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Exeter, New Hampshire….

Haley Director BY HALEY DIRECTOR The cost of providing employee health coverage has risen 43% over the past 10 years, surpassing adjustments for inflation and increased wages. Meanwhile, hospital prices have steadily kept pace with the rapid cost of care, increasing by as much as 31% since 2015. Unfortunately, these skyrocketing prices…

  Jennifer Nunez BY JENNIFER NUNEZ   Over the past three decades, an increasing number of so-called integrated health systems have gobbled up once-private hospitals and physician groups under the promise that consolidation would improve care and reduce costs. Common sense alone would tell you that premise is faulty. Competition…

HousingWireHousingWire As the housing market continues to be marked by high mortgage rates and record-breaking home prices across many U.S. regions, renting continues to play a pivotal role for millions of people. Currently, more than 44 million U.S. households rent their homes, a figure that is expected to continue to…

HousingWireHousingWire Mike Roberts is about to make his first early payoff (EPO) penalty in two years after finding out that one of his clients refinanced a $355,000 loan with a 7.25% rate that Roberts closed in April.  “The amount that we received in yield spread was 1.72%, which equates to…