Proposal creating Medicare LTSS benefit gains senior living industry support
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 04, 2018
Proposed legislation to create a federal program within Medicare to support those with substantial long-term care costs when they need care is drawing support from senior living industry groups.
LTSS will be focus of new LeadingAge – UMass Boston center
May 23, 2017
LeadingAge and the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston are partnering to create the first-of-its-kind LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, LeadingAge announced Tuesday.
HCBS ‘especially vulnerable’ under ACA replacement, report says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2017
Home- and community-based services would be “especially vulnerable to deep cuts” if the American Health Care Act passed by the House of Representatives were to become law, according to a new...
Per-capita Medicaid cap could reduce dual-eligible spending by $44 billion over 10 years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 20, 2017
A per-capita cap on federal Medicaid funding growth based on medical inflation could reduce spending on dual-eligible beneficiaries by $44 billion over the next 10 years, according to new research.
‘Replace denial with proposal’ on long-term care, House committee told
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2019
Congress must “replace denial with a detailed, bipartisan legislative proposal on long-term care” to address the needs of a growing older population facing high costs for healthcare and housing, Robert...
Business briefs, Nov. 30
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 30, 2022
Commission says direct care worker shortage is a priority…CMS issues ultimatum on HCBS settings final rule compliance … Fitch Ratings affirms Brethren Village revenue bonds at BB+; outlook stable …...
HCBS settings final rule ‘not a good fit’ for assisted living, provider group says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 23, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services home- and community-based services settings final rule is written so broadly that its requirements “run in opposition to person centered planning” for older...
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...
Americans continue to believe government will pay for ADL assistance, long-term care
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2016
Newly released research adds to the growing evidence that Americans are unprepared to pay for assistance with activities of daily living and other care in retirement and also are unaware that government...
NCQA proposes accrediting LTSS coordinators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 29, 2016
Entities that coordinate long-term services and supports could be evaluated and accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance under a new initiative announced by the group. The NCQA is welcoming...