New GAO report focuses on CMS but could have direct effects on assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 06, 2018
A report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office contains a to-do list for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services related to state reporting of deficiencies in care and services provided...
CMS seeks feedback on quality measures proposed for HCBS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 21, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking feedback on proposed national quality and outcomes measures for the Medicaid-funded home- and community-based services provided for older adults...
Provider groups decry ‘chronic underfunding’ as CMS introduces HCBS quality measures
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2022
The federal government’s introduction Thursday of quality measures for the home- and community-based services offered by assisted living and other providers comes in the midst of “longstanding, chronic...
Provider groups concerned by HHS, HUD cuts in Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 11, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services would see a 10% funding cut, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development would see a 15% funding cut, under the $4.8 trillion budget proposed Monday...
Congress and agencies to tackle transparency in healthcare AI, despite mixed industry reactions
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 06, 2023
Federal agencies and Congress are both taking further steps to regulate AI and curb issues that have already started to emerge.
$25 million expansion adds 5 states and territories to Money Follows the Person program for HCBS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will award up to $5 million each to Illinois, Kansas and New Hampshire, as well as for American Samoa...
Bill would end federal mandate for states to recoup Medicaid costs for HCBS, care
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2024
A proposed bill would end a mandate that states try to recoup costs for long-term care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries, including by seizing homes from disproportionately poor and minority families,...
11 states ready to go live with Medicaid HCBS final rule as deadline approaches, CMS says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2023
Eleven states are planning to go live under the regulations of the home- and community-based settings final rule on March 18, according to Melissa Harris, deputy director for the CMS Disabled and Elderly...
GAO recommends increased CMS oversight of Medicaid LTSS payment rates
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 08, 2017
In the wake of findings detailed in a new report from the Government Accountability Office made public on Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will take steps to ensure that states have...
Money Follows the Person program limits hinder senior living’s ability to serve older adults, groups...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 23, 2022
Industry associations representing senior living providers say they support the federal government’s Monday announcement of the expansion of Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person demonstration program...