‘Immediate action’ needed from governors to address long-term care workforce needs during pandemic,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2020
States must take an “all-hands-on-deck” approach to helping assisted living communities and nursing homes address workforce needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Health Care Association...
Extend telehealth flexibilities to virtual prescribing, mental health services, coalition asks lawmakers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 16, 2024
A coalition of provider and consumer organizations is asking policymakers to extend telehealth flexibilities related to virtual prescribing tied to mental health services.
Value-based care, tech, workforce issues among hot topics senior living experts dish on
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 12, 2024
Innovation, technology, affordable assisted living, dementia and memory care, value-based care and workforce issues were among the hot topics senior living experts discussed during a McKnight’s Senior...
SCOTUS places ‘tombstone’ on Chevron doctrine, upending operation of federal agencies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2024
A Supreme Court decision handed down Friday morning could transform the way federal agencies operate, providing the basis for senior living operators and other companies to challenge agency decisions.
Series on long-term care affordability, staffing, equity a ‘wake-up call,’ industry advocate says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 28, 2024
A special report published last week by CNHI News and the Associated Press that focused on several “issues and complications” in assisted living and other forms of long-term care is a “wake-up call...
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...
Senior living providers should follow CDC’s new ‘unified’ recommendations for COVID, flu, RSV
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 04, 2024
Senior living providers should follow the updated respiratory virus isolation recommendations issued Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to provider advocacy organizations.
HCBS access rule heads to final review amid senior living industry concerns
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2024
A proposed federal rule establishing mandatory quality measures for home- and community-based services and requiring providers to allocate 80% of HCBS payments to direct care worker pay now is under final...
Senior living advocates ask Congress to expand college savings plans to fund career-related expenses
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2024
A coalition of almost 800 nonprofit organizations, businesses and associations — including several in senior living — is urging Congress to include a bipartisan bill expanding eligible uses of college...
More news for Wednesday, Jan. 24
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2024
CMS: Expect final nursing home staffing rule this year … Johns Hopkins identifies opportunities for strengthening direct care workforce … University of Buffalo to invest $4M in aging research as...