Bipartisan legislation aims to permanently protect Medicaid payments for assisted living services
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2021
Bipartisan legislation that would permanently extend spousal impoverishment protections for Medicaid beneficiaries receiving long-term care is being resurrected in Congress.
Coming soon: 30 million more COVID tests
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 18, 2020
The federal government is allocating an additional 30 million Abbott BinaxNOW rapid antigen tests to assisted living communities and other vulnerable groups through at least March.
Senior living industry unites behind message: ‘Don’t leave seniors behind’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2021
Don’t leave seniors behind. That’s the message the senior living industry is putting out as Congress ramps up discussions about the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan and newly introduced...
Senior living affected as LGBT individuals get protection on the job but not for healthcare
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2020
Senior living organizations are applauding Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation of transgender status.
‘We’re entering a very difficult period,’ former FDA commissioner says of pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 18, 2020
Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., had some sobering words Tuesday for a senior living industry that has been battling the coronavirus pandemic for more than eight months...
Pressures mount for staffing agencies accused of price gouging long-term care operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
While senior living and other long-term care leaders are being joined by other healthcare groups, and even members of Congress, to call for federal action against price-gouging by temporary staffing agencies,...
Drug disposal rule sets up providers for noncompliance, groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2016
The government’s apparent lack of understanding about the differing characteristics among senior living settings could put some providers “perpetually in noncompliance” with a proposed...
COVID-19 vaccine pause spurs concerns about access, staff hesitancy in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 14, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy among senior living and skilled nursing staff members took another hit Tuesday after federal health officials recommended a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine...
Relief, concern greet tax bill passage
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2017
Senior living provider groups Wednesday expressed a mixture of relief and concern at Congress’ passage of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Senate healthcare bill would ‘ruin Medicaid as we know it’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 22, 2017
As Senate Republicans released a “discussion draft” of their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, advocacy organizations in senior living expressed concerns about the legislation’s...