Updated: CMS releases anticipated state timelines for initiating unwinding-related Medicaid renewals
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the anticipated state timelines for initiating unwinding-related Medicaid renewals.
CMS proposes ‘universal’ quality measures to ease provider burden, confusion
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 06, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services leaders are proposing the creation of a “universal foundation” of quality measures to reduce the reporting burden and confusion for providers and better align...
CMS releases first-ever quality measures for home- and community-based services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 21, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday released its first-ever home- and community-based services quality measure set in an effort to promote consistent quality measurement within and...
1.65 million Medicaid beneficiaries receive HCBS through waivers like those used in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2022
A total of 1.65 million Medicaid beneficiaries received home- and community-based services through section 1915(c) waiver programs in 2019, according to a report released Friday by the Centers for Medicare...
High concentration of dually eligible older adults in assisted living warrants study of care quality,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 17, 2023
Older adults who are dually eligible for the Medicare and Medicaid programs are highly concentrated in assisted living communities, according to a research letter published in JAMA Health Forum.
CMS tool creating new pathways to assisted living could prove ‘a positive development for residents...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2022
A tool to help states increase long-term services and supports rebalancing could lead to more business for assisted living providers.
State compliance status could affect assisted living providers that provide HCBS
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2023
Assisted living operators that provide home- and community-based services to residents who are Medicaid beneficiaries could be affected as states continue to come into compliance with the provisions of...
More news for Tuesday, Aug. 9
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 09, 2022
Audit shows New York spent $1M in Medicaid dollars on ineligible assisted living residents … New York senior living and care company to pay $1M for false Medicare, Medicaid claims … Argentum unveils...
State becomes first to strip Medicaid asset limit
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2023
Low-income older Californians soon won’t need to prove their asset levels to be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, after the approval of a state plan amendment.
Updated: CMS proposes mandatory quality measures, other changes to HCBS program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2023
Some quality measures for home- and community-based services would become mandatory under a proposed rule announced Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Several other changes related...