Adult foster care homes need more oversight, HHS OIG says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it will step up its work with states to ensure that adult foster care homes and other home- and community-based settings meet health, safety and administrative...
45% of Medicaid LTSS beneficiaries are older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2016
Forty-five percent of the more than 4.8 million beneficiaries of Medicaid long-term services and supports were aged 65 or more years in 2012, according to a new report issued by the Centers for Medicare...
Providers concerned about meeting direct care worker wage increase requirements
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2022
A planned $15 hourly minimum wage requirement for home- and community-based service workers set to take effect Oct. 1 in Florida has some senior living providers concerned about how they will cover the...
Provider groups oppose Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal ACA
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2017
Two national organizations representing senior living operators came out against the Graham-Cassidy bill Tuesday. The legislation, which is expected to be voted on next week in the Senate, would repeal...
Aging Committee leaders cheer bipartisanship
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2016
As the ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging prepares to depart from that role, she and the committee’s chairwoman celebrated what can be accomplished when Republicans and Democrats...
Bipartisan legislation aims to permanently protect Medicaid payments for assisted living services
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2021
Bipartisan legislation that would permanently extend spousal impoverishment protections for Medicaid beneficiaries receiving long-term care is being resurrected in Congress.
Lawmaker introduces audit notification bill after assisted living provider loses $50,000 when email goes...
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 31, 2021
A Colorado lawmaker is asking that multiple forms of communication be used to communicate with Medicaid providers when it comes to the audit process. The request comes after an assisted living operator...
A variety of models can help CCRC operators meet residents’ increasing healthcare needs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 16, 2024
Older adults are moving into senior living communities with more chronic conditions and healthcare needs than ever before, presenting challenges — as well as opportunities — for continuing care retirement...
Operators head to Hill to brief Congress
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 04, 2018
Quality, regulation and Medicaid will be three of the big themes as assisted living operators gather Monday and Tuesday in the nation’s capital to meet with legislators and their staffs as part of...
$756 billion Medicaid reduction in revised BCRA affected by HCBS pilot projects, CBO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 20, 2017
A $16 billion difference in Medicaid cuts between a July 20 version of the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act and the June 26 version is due in part to a provision in the revised bill that would...