Senior living leaders ask lawmakers to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2024
As assisted living providers struggle to provide services to Medicaid home- and community-based services beneficiaries, industry leaders from two states are asking lawmakers to bump up reimbursement rates...
Attorney general asks Good Samaritan, Ebenezer parent organizations to delay merger
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 27, 2023
The Minnesota attorney general’s office is asking the parent organizations of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Ebenezer Senior Living — Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services,...
Arizona legislators call for more transparency, improved safety in assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2024
Arizona has joined a growing list of states where governments are calling for more transparency from assisted living communities through legislation following local media reports questioning resident safety...
A plan to cut Montana’s Medicaid waiting list via assisted living was met with bipartisan cheers. Then...
By
Mike Dennison - KFF Health News
Jul 24, 2023
Montana’s governor recently vetoed legislation that would have decreased the waiting list for government-supported long-term care by expanding access to assisted living.