HCBS access rule heads to final review amid senior living industry concerns
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2024
A proposed federal rule establishing mandatory quality measures for home- and community-based services and requiring providers to allocate 80% of HCBS payments to direct care worker pay now is under final...
Arkansas working on new rates for assisted living Medicaid enrollees … Timing of 6.5% Medicaid rate increase to NY assisted living providers remains unclear … Oregon weighs repeal of COVID-19 PHE,...
Senior living hourly wages outpace private sector, but competition for workers continues
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 24, 2024
Hourly wages in senior living communities have increased by 30.9% over the past five years, outpacing growth in the broader private sector by 6.5 percentage points. But the labor market remains “exceptionally...
Workforce, advocacy, provider support comprise new LeadingAge strategic plan
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC—On the second day of LeadingAge’s Leadership Summit 2024 here, Board Chair Roberto Muñiz, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Parker Health Group, urged members to share their stories...
Senior living affordability, workforce development at center of revamped SENIOR Act
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2024
Workforce development and increased access to assisted living are the key provisions of an updated bipartisan bill backed by Argentum.
Bill would ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates despite older adults remaining at highest risk for serious outcomes
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 02, 2023
A study underscoring the need to continue to protect older adults from COVID-19 comes as one state appears close to banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers, including senior living communities.
Nursing home staffing mandate puts assisted living communities at risk of losing workers, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2023
Assisted living communities are at risk of losing staff members following the first-ever proposed federal staffing mandate for nursing homes, released Friday, according to senior living experts.
Assisted living supply increasing, but access remains a challenge for most older adults: AARP
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 29, 2023
Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation, major gaps in care for older adults and people with disabilities persist, particularly in attracting and retaining the long-term care workforce and...
HHS pushes use of Medicare claims to ID abuse, neglect in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2023
Assisted living communities were among the healthcare settings associated with incidents of potential abuse or neglect of Medicare beneficiaries in an audit of claims data, prompting a review of data to...