Senior living leaders ask lawmakers to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2024
As assisted living providers struggle to provide services to Medicaid home- and community-based services beneficiaries, industry leaders from two states are asking lawmakers to bump up reimbursement rates...
CMS announces Alzheimer’s drug coverage policy, but ‘the devil is in the details,’ experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 01, 2023
A Thursday announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding coverage of Alzheimer’s drugs is being met with skepticism by some industry advocates who say that “the devil is in...
Investments needed to meet demand for home care workforce
Apr 24, 2023
The home care workforce increased from 2008 to 2013, but growth slowed from 2013 to 2019 while demand increased continuously.
More news for Friday, June 21, 2024
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 21, 2024
KFF survey highlights states’ Medicaid eligibility, enrollment policies during unwinding … Amber Lights earns CARF re-accreditation … 2017 to 2022 saw rise in cannabis-related disorder encounters...
Erickson Senior Living’s MA plan earns top recognition from CMS for fourth year in a row
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2023
Erickson Advantage, Erickson Senior Living’s resident-only Medicare Advantage plan, has earned five stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the fourth consecutive year.
Caregiver pay in the balance as advocacy groups size up proposed spending requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2023
As assisted living provider advocacy groups try to influence federal home- and community-based services-related policy, their comments are joined by thousands of others, some in agreement with industry...
Expand HCBS access to address unmet care needs of older adults, researchers say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 06, 2023
Expanding access to home- and community-based services is the recommendation from a new report from the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis on unmet care needs among the nation’s older adults.
Federal, state assisted living quality measures fail to inform resident care, group says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 05, 2024
Assisted living quality measures at the state and federal level don’t actually measure assisted living or quality, according to a new report from national nonprofit legal advocacy organization Justice...
Power seat elevation on power wheelchairs now covered as DME in ‘landmark’ CMS decision
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 16, 2023
For the first time ever, power seat elevation on power wheelchairs will be covered as durable medical equipment through the Medicare program, according to a benefit category determination and national...
End of pandemic-era payments to family caregivers could complicate workforce shortages
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2023
During the pandemic, most states allowed some form of payment to family caregivers whose loved ones were receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services. As those payments dry up, workforce shortages...