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Operators seek resolution to these issues in the new year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2017
Several regulatory issues remain unresolved for senior living operators as 2017 begins.
CMS should improve oversight of HCBS, GAO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should standardize federal requirements for programs providing personal care services for Medicaid beneficiaries, including residents of assisted living communities,...
CMS provides long-awaited guidance about HCBS for those with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 20, 2016
Person-centered care plans, staffing, activities and environmental design are the keys for residential and adult day settings seeking reimbursement for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries of home-...
Future health outlays ‘terrify’ many nearing retirement, study finds
By
John O'Connor
Dec 13, 2016
Why aren’t your prospects moving in? Could be it’s not you, it’s them? Or more accurately, their fear of rising health outlays in the years to come?
Aging Committee leaders cheer bipartisanship
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2016
As the ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging prepares to depart from that role, she and the committee’s chairwoman celebrated what can be accomplished when Republicans and Democrats...
Older LTSS recipients with cardiopulmonary conditions at increased risk of hospitalization
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2016
Assisted living residents and other older adults who receive long-term services and supports and live with a combination of heart and lung conditions have an elevated risk of hospitalization, according...
CMS: Older adults dominate HCBS participant numbers but not spending or time
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2016
Older adults and/or people with disabilities account for the majority of recipients of home- and community-based services funded through Medicaid Section 1915(c) waivers, although the average dollar amount...
Medicaid spent $776 million on HCBS waivers for older adults in 2014, CMS says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 13, 2016
The Medicaid program spent almost $776 million on 1915(c) waivers to cover home- and community-based services for older adults in fiscal year 2014, according to a new report from the Centers for Medicare...
45% of Medicaid LTSS beneficiaries are older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2016
Forty-five percent of the more than 4.8 million beneficiaries of Medicaid long-term services and supports were aged 65 or more years in 2012, according to a new report issued by the Centers for Medicare...