Groups request extension for vaccine mandate in Maine … Senior housing providers can take action to protect older adults from the end of eviction moratorium … Multiple defendants indicted in ‘grandparent...
AHCA/NCAL asks HHS to extend COVID-19 public health emergency past Jan. 11
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 03, 2022
The COVID-19 public health emergency should be extended past Jan. 11 “so that long-term and post-acute care providers can continue to offer the most efficient and effective care possible and so our nation’s...
Senior living’s slide into the welfare class
By
John O'Connor
Sep 03, 2020
The push for support for assisted living from Uncle Sam is intensifying. But as any skilled care operator will remind you, Uncle Sam tends to be a very demanding business partner.
More news for Monday, Feb. 5
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 05, 2024
Takeaways from NIC MAP’s fourth-quarter fundamentals release … Use of Medicaid wraparound services by dually eligible individuals varies by service, state … StartUp Health launches global Alzheimer’s...
Provider group pushes CMS for more guidance on HCBS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2016
Delays by CMS in issuing additional guidance on its final rule related to home- and community-based services may mean that assisted living communities are excluded from providing such services to older...
Parkinson: 4 reasons operators will survive tough times
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 17, 2017
Las Vegas — Despite the “tough” political and regulatory environment, assisted living and skilled nursing providers “will make it through this. And many of you will not only survive;...
Despite headlines, GAO report does not portend major changes for assisted living, industry leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 13, 2018
Some assisted living community operators understandably were concerned in February after the Government Accountability Office released a report about federal oversight of assisted living services offered...
More news for Monday, Nov. 7
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 07, 2022
HUD opens 5th round of COVID supplemental payments, reduces reimbursements for senior housing … Front Porch expands memory care programs to meet increasing demand … Active adult data now available...
COVID-19 public health emergency will not end in January: reports
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2022
The public health emergency due to COVID-19 will not end in January, according to published reports.
Business briefs, Aug. 14
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 14, 2023
Nursing home, adult care costs made historic jump … Senior living occupancy continues to recover due to supply and demand … HHS’ $100 million in nursing program grants to have limited impact on LTC...