Incoming President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan addressed attendees at a general session Monday that also included remarks by author Atul Gawande, M.D., and new board chair Kathryn Roberts as well as the...
$1 trillion coronavirus relief package includes 5-year lawsuit protections for healthcare providers
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 28, 2020
Healthcare providers — including entities and individuals who work for them — would be protected for almost five years from lawsuits related to the provision of COVID-19-related care and services,...
Federal departments should collaborate to serve affordable seniors housing residents, GAO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 30, 2018
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Housing and Urban should include the Department of Agriculture in collaborations involving housing and health services for older adults...
Vaccine authorization is ‘ray of hope’ but only first step in beating COVID-19, long-term care provider...
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 14, 2020
The first vaccinations against COVID-19 in the United States could begin today, but it might be a week or more until many assisted living community and nursing home residents and staff members have the...
A sneak peek at Pathways findings
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 05, 2015
Presenters at a LeadingAge session provided hints about the latest findings of a project studying the financing of long-term services and supports, which formally will be revealed Nov. 17. Results “will...
HUD accepting comments on $15 million supportive services pilot project
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 25, 2017
A $15 million, three-year U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development project that will test the ability of an enhanced supportive services model to help elderly residents of affordable housing properties...
House workforce bill ‘good step in right direction’ to support care of older adults
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2018
Provider groups are cheering Monday’s passage by the House of Representatives of a bill that would reauthorize federal health professions workforce programs, including education and training in geriatrics.
LTSS funding solution will involve trade-offs
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2015
Policymakers will be able to use newly released information to solve problems related to the financing of long-term services and supports that Americans increasingly will need, but they’ll face trade-offs...
Groups seek ‘critical’ extension of public health emergency, more COVID help
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2022
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living on Tuesday asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to extend the federal public health emergency related to COVID-19,...
Long-term care groups, 490 others, call for enactment of COVID-related legal protections ‘as soon as...
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2020
Proposed legislation that would protect healthcare providers from COVID-19-related lawsuits “is critically needed and should be enacted as soon as possible,” 495 organizations, including several associations...