Expanded collaboration provides opportunities for increased participation in value-based care model
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2023
An Ohio-based senior living provider is opening up opportunities for its residents to participate in a value-based care model through a partnership with a Medicare Advantage special needs plan.
Meet Charles Hastings, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 08, 2024
Chuck Hastings exemplifies the tradition of employee loyalty. He has been with Blomfield, NJ-based Juniper Communities for 27 years, and it is commonly said that the senior living and care company would...
Pittsburgh-based IntegraCare has reached a 100% vaccination rate among staff members at its 13 senior living communities in three states.
Pandemic forces mindset shift in senior living, speakers say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2020
As the nature and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear, the senior living industry finds itself shifting from a sprint to a marathon without a known finish line. Lynne Katzmann of Juniper...
Senior living operator mandates COVID-19 booster shots for employees
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 10, 2021
A California-based senior living operator has announced a COVID-19 booster shot mandate for its employees, when one becomes available, “to ensure the continued protection of our residents and one another.”
MA plans ‘designed for senior living residents by senior living communities’ roll out in California
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 10, 2021
LeadingAge California and Richmond, VA-based care management company AllyAlign Health are partnering to offer Medicare Advantage special needs plans to cover long-term care residents across the continuum...
Integrating housing and care can improve outcomes, save money, Juniper finds
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 22, 2017
A model that integrates onsite ancillary services with social supports and residential care may make senior living communities more attractive to payers and investors because it improves outcomes and saves...
‘Game-changing’: Senior living giant Good Sam joins growing list of providers mandating COVID-19...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2021
The Sioux Falls, SD-based Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is the latest senior living and care organization — and one of the largest yet — to mandate COVID-19 vaccination as a condition...
Will Trump’s election affect value-based care efforts?
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2016
How will Donald J. Trump’s election to the nation’s highest office affect senior care providers that are operating under Affordable Care Act provisions that incentivize value-based care over...
Education, mandates, incentives drive high long-term care staff COVID-19 vaccination rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s assisted living and other long-term care facilities are beating the odds — and national averages — by achieving an average 84% staff COVID-19 vaccination rate. Elsewhere, some providers...