State compliance status could affect assisted living providers that provide HCBS
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2023
Assisted living operators that provide home- and community-based services to residents who are Medicaid beneficiaries could be affected as states continue to come into compliance with the provisions of...
Federal toolkit offers guidance on long-term care transitions to HCBS, including assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2022
New resources released last week by the federal government are geared toward helping states understand and implement existing policies affecting home- and community-based services, including those offered...
Funding bill could increase workforce challenges for assisted living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2024
A bill aimed at nursing home staff could potentially have negative effects on Maryland assisted living providers already challenged by workforce issues, according to industry advocates.
Tweaking Medicaid eligibility criteria would benefit vulnerable older adults ‘tremendously’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 27, 2023
Findings from new research at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston dispel policymaker fears that adding more recipients to the Medicaid program by using alternative eligibility criteria would bankrupt...
Medicaid LTSS spending continues shift toward HCBS for older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 23, 2023
Medicaid long-term services and supports spending continues to shift toward home- and community-based services, including services provided in assisted living communities, according to two new reports...
40 states now cover around-the-clock Medicaid HCBS as provided in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 15, 2022
The number of state Medicaid waiver programs covering around-the-clock home- and community-based services like those provided by assisted living communities has grown over the past couple of decades, according...
Coming end of COVID-19 PHE brings concerns about senior living effects
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2023
The May 11 end of the COVID-19 public health emergency — and the flexibilities it provided — means many potential changes for providers of Medicaid home- and community-based services. And those changes...
Fear, mistrust prevent residents in Medicaid-funded assisted living communities from having their mental...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 11, 2023
Fear of losing autonomy and mistrust of providers lead to unmet mental health needs of residents in Medicaid-funded assisted living communities, according to the results of a new study.
State proposal would bring Medicaid reimbursement to assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 22, 2022
Older adults in Pennsylvania who no longer can afford their assisted living community but who don’t require skilled nursing care may get a lifeline to age in place under a new proposal.