CMS adjusts HCBS final rule implementation, but industry seeks more time
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 26, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced some adjustments regarding the implementation of its home- and community-based services final rule this week, but senior living industry association...
Senior living occupancy recovery may stretch into 2023 — or 2028, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2022
SAs the pandemic nears its second anniversary, occupancy appears to be moving in a positive direction but still may be in recovery mode at this time next year — and maybe for much longer, industry leaders...
Where turnover is highest, lowest in assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 24, 2017
A new report reveals which positions in assisted living communities saw the greatest and least turnover last year and whether the rate increased, decreased or stayed the same over the past 12 months.
Leaders share ways to minimize risk in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 13, 2016
Senior living operators are taking several approaches to minimize payment and outcomes-related risk, participants in a panel discussion told National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care CEO Robert...
Federal, lender support needed for assisted living operators to lower rates, leader says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 21, 2023
Financial support from the federal government and private lenders would be required to lower assisted living rates, National Center for Assisted Living Executive Director LaShuan Bethea told the New York...
HHS, states should support senior living through $955 million in CARES Act grants announced Tuesday,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2020
Senior living deserves part of the $955 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act grants announced Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Assisted...
Friday is deadline for vaccine program sign-up — which includes independent living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 26, 2020
More than 9,000 long-term care providers had signed up for the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program as of this past Friday, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. The deadline...
Despite headlines, GAO report does not portend major changes for assisted living, industry leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 13, 2018
Some assisted living community operators understandably were concerned in February after the Government Accountability Office released a report about federal oversight of assisted living services offered...
‘Historic’ $100 million Alzheimer’s bill passes in House, heads to president’s desk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 20, 2018
A bipartisan bill that authorizes $100 million in funding over five years to create a new public health infrastructure to combat Alzheimer’s disease is headed to the president’s desk after being passed...
Solving senior living’s top challenge
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 01, 2015
When James Balda takes the microphone at insurer Genworth’s annual symposium on long-term care today, he’ll be discussing what senior living owners and operators have been telling him is the...