Long-term care should include more HCBS, panelists assert
By
Liza Berger
Mar 12, 2021
The long-term care system in coming years should include an expansion of home- and community-based services (HCBS), policy, advocacy and consumer experts said during a virtual roundtable discussion Thursday...
InnovAge grows members, centers in latest quarter as ModivCare weathers pandemic with personal care acquisition
By
Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
InnovAge, a new publicly traded company that contracts with Medicare and Medicaid through the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), experienced signs of pandemic recovery in the fiscal...
Denver-based eldercare firm InnovAge goes public on tailwinds of pandemic
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 08, 2021
The pandemic turned into a golden opportunity for InnovAge Holdings to launch an initial public offering last week. On Wednesday the Denver, CO-based elder care firm sold 16.7 million shares at $21 each,...
The clock is ticking for a long-term care financing solution
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 12, 2021
Will a new report on long-term care financing spur action where others have not? Time will tell. But time is of the essence.
Congress pushes CMS to publish PACE final rule by Dec. 31
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 06, 2018
Bipartisan bills introduced in the Senate and House call for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly final rule by Dec. 31. The rule could...
House legislation would bring change of PACE
By
Emily Mongan
Jul 31, 2015
Legislation that would allow for new changes to the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program was introduced in the House this week.
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Jan 03, 2017
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PACE provider urges Michigan legislature to overturn home-care restrictions
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 18, 2020
Denver-based InnovAge, the largest Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly provider, is advocating that the Michigan legislature pass a bill that would allow it to petition the Michigan Department...
Senate approves PACE expansion bill
By
Emily Mongan
Aug 10, 2015
The Senate has approved a bill that would expand the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly for testing in other populations.
New CMS effort to vaccinate homebound seniors receives a thumbs-up from home care providers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 10, 2021
Home care, hospice and other home-and-community-based service providers are applauding the latest move by the Biden administration to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among homebound seniors.