Expect GAO assisted living study results in early 2017
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 05, 2016
As the Government Accountability Office studies Medicaid in assisted living, representatives of several organizations working on behalf of providers tell McKnight’s Senior Living that they have met...
Consumer education important
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2016
A conversation with a reader last week got me thinking some more about the importance of being accurate and precise in the language we use. In fact, the health of the senior living industry depends on...
Provider groups concerned by HHS, HUD cuts in Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 11, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services would see a 10% funding cut, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development would see a 15% funding cut, under the $4.8 trillion budget proposed Monday...
People in the news, Oct. 20
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 20, 2020
Appointments and promotions at AHCA / NCAL, AHEPA, Bane Care Management, Cadence Living, Cypress Cove, Harmony Senior Services, Integral Senior Living, Legend Senior Living, Life Enriching Communities,...
Erickson Living, AHCA make ‘Top Workplaces’ list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 19, 2016
Erickson Living, the American Health Care Association, Capital One Financial, and Walker and Dunlop are four of 150 companies and organizations named to the Washington Post’s “Top Workplaces...
Workforce crisis not expected to improve any time soon: expert
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 03, 2021
Kentucky’s long-term care facilities are facing a workforce crisis that has 57% of operators concerned they may have to close facilities.
New Medicaid rule requires patient-centered care for home- and community-based services, defines HCBS...
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 13, 2014
Long-term care providers offering home- and community-based services will have to administer person-centered care to qualify for payments through Medicaid, under a final rule issued Friday by the Centers...
Quality, safety, accountability vital, industry leaders say, as Washington Post report cites deaths at...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2023
Senior living industry leaders stressed their belief in the importance of quality, safety and accountability Sunday in response to a package of articles in the Washington Post titled “Memory Inc.,”...
‘Tens of thousands’ of nursing home caregivers could lose their jobs this week: AHCA
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2022
Tens of thousands of nursing home caregivers could lose their job on Friday if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services does not reissue a blanket waiver, the American Health Care Association said...
Extend COVID-19 public emergency declaration, provider group urges HHS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2021
The federal public health emergency declared due to COVID-19, which is set to expire Jan. 23, should be extended until five criteria are met, American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted...