The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly model is a viable and sustainable model of community-based long-term care, according to a new journal article.
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2019
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the...
Senior living can be a partner in delivering, improving care, CMS official says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2024
Even though senior living providers, by law, are unable to directly bill the Medicare program for the services they provide to residents, they are able to partner with other organizations focused on value-based...
Where dementia is most prevalent
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2016
A new tool from the federal government provides county- and state-level prevalence data for Alzheimer’s/dementia and 15 other chronic conditions.
OIG: Assisted living hospice care payment reform a top priority
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 20, 2016
Reducing financial incentives for hospices to target some Medicare beneficiaries living in assisted living communities should be a top priority for CMS, according to a new report from the HHS Office of...
Joining or forming a Medicare Advantage plan? Read these survey results
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2019
With an increasing number of senior living operators joining or forming their own Medicare Advantage plans, or considering doing so, the results of new J.D. Power customer satisfaction research could provide...
Proposal creating Medicare LTSS benefit gains senior living industry support
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 04, 2018
Proposed legislation to create a federal program within Medicare to support those with substantial long-term care costs when they need care is drawing support from senior living industry groups.
CEO who fired himself has advice, predictions for you
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2018
Chances are good that you or someone you know will be in the same position as a Virginia senior living CEO who recently decided to fire himself to try to help the community survive. That CEO has some advice...
Podiatrist to pay $966,000 for fraudulent assisted living billing
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2019
An Arizona podiatrist has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $965,985 in restitution to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services after he admitted submitting false claims for...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.