Education, leadership keys to combating vaccine hesitancy in senior living, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2024
Increasing COVID-19, influenza and respiratory vaccination rates in older adults is going to require a village to battle vaccine reluctance in the form of misinformation, hesitancy and fatigue, according...
Federal nursing home staffing mandate will siphon workers from senior living, groups fear
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2024
A federal nursing home staffing mandate will siphon workers from assisted living and other long-term care settings, in the long run limiting access to care and services, according to senior living experts...
US Senate launches investigation of assisted living after lay media reports about safety, staffing, pricing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 17, 2024
The US Senate Special Committee on Aging is launching a review of the assisted living industry following recent articles in the Washington Post, which reported on the deaths of residents who wandered from...
Broad range of stakeholders unite in promoting veterans’ pilot program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2024
Senior living provider groups have joined a broad range of other stakeholder groups in urging inclusion of a veterans pilot program into a legislative package under consideration by lawmakers.
OAA update includes ‘disappointing’ language that could burden providers, group says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2024
Some provisions in the most comprehensive update to the Older Americans Act in 36 years raise concerns about potentially stifling innovation and creating undue burdens on service providers, according to...
‘Landmark legislation’ aims to streamline, coordinate care for 12 million dually eligible individuals
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 21, 2024
A bipartisan bill aiming to streamline and coordinate care for the nation’s more than 12 million dually eligible individuals — people who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid — is being called...
HRSA may seek recovery of $159M in potential PRF overpayments
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2024
An audit of Phase 2 distributions from the Provider Relief Fund has revealed roughly $18.4 million in potential overpayments that a federal watchdog agency says should be recovered from healthcare providers.
Assisted living provides value, satisfaction in long-term care continuum, industry advocates say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2024
The assisted living industry is fighting back against growing scrutiny over staffing challenges and what consumer groups and the lay media say is a cost structure that prices many older adults out of services...
Joint Commission proposes new infection control requirements for assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 16, 2024
The Joint Commission is planning to revise its infection prevention and control requirements for assisted living community accreditation as infection prevention and control regulations for the setting...
Federal final rule drops bring cries of ‘flawed,’ ‘aggressive,’ ‘dramatic’ from senior living...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 25, 2024
Late April brought a shower of regulatory changes as the federal government dropped four major final rules this week that the senior living and care industry is calling “flawed,” “aggressive” and...