Report recommends changes for programs serving dual-eligible beneficiaries
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2016
A new report from the nonprofit Bipartisan Policy Center recommends regulatory, payment and operational changes for programs serving dual-eligible beneficiaries. The authors also suggest that CMS test...
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Jul 21, 2016
Older adults ride in Google’s self-driving cars … Costs skyrocket for federal long-term care insurance … Medicare proposes changes to payments for Alzheimer’s, diabetes care …...
Senior living looks forward to additional HCBS guidance from CMS
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 25, 2016
Organizations representing senior living providers said they are pleased that CMS is providing guidance to states on how to implement a 2014 final rule related to home- and community-based settings. But...
MN lawmakers: Constitutional amendment could provide LTC funding
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 08, 2016
An amendment to the Minnesota constitution could raise more than $1 billion annually to address the state’s long-term care funding crisis, according to two legislators.
Groups back Clinton’s proposed tax credit for LTSS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 23, 2015
On the heels of the release of a new study about the financing of long-term services and supports in the United States, two organizations representing senior living providers are expressing approval for...
Budget deal has winners, losers, senior living officials say
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 27, 2015
The tentative budget deal that congressional leaders and President Barack Obama reached Monday contains good news for some and bad news for others, according to senior living industry officials.
Address LTSS needs to avoid costly institutional care: authors
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 22, 2015
When state and federal policymakers and other stakeholders do not consider ways to meet the long-term services and supports needs of low-income older adults, they risk necessitating more expensive, long-term...
Providers tell CMS to explore telehealth, care coordination, long-term care financing
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2018
Chronic care management via telehealth and remote monitoring, service coordination in affordable housing, and long-term care financing are some of the new directions that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Government PPE plans could have ‘grave consequences’ for senior living residents, staff, groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2020
Federal and state advocates for senior living and home- and community-based services providers say it is a mistake for governments not to prioritize these providers’ needs for personal protective...
Nebraska launches LTC redesign project
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 26, 2016
Nebraska has launched a long-term care redesign project that will focus on improving the delivery Medicaid long-term services and supports and making changes to the State Unit on Aging.