Quality, regulation and Medicaid will be three of the big themes as assisted living operators gather Monday and Tuesday in the nation’s capital to meet with legislators and their staffs as part of...
$25 million expansion adds 5 states and territories to Money Follows the Person program for HCBS
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will award up to $5 million each to Illinois, Kansas and New Hampshire, as well as for American Samoa...
More COVID-19 relief needed before January, provider groups say
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2020
While congratulating President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victories at the polls, executives of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living...
CMS adjusts HCBS final rule implementation, but industry seeks more time
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Lois A. Bowers
May 26, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced some adjustments regarding the implementation of its home- and community-based services final rule this week, but senior living industry association...
New law should increase older adults’ funds for LTSS, advocates say
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 06, 2020
A bill that raises the minimum age at which people are required to withdraw funds from their retirement accounts was signed into law in late December as part of a spending package that also increased funding...
HCBS, caregivers focus of presidential hopeful Cory Booker’s long-term care plan
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2020
Changing eligibility for long-term services and supports, expanding access to home- and community-based services, increasing compensation for paid caregivers and finding a way to compensate family caregivers...
CMS revises guidance on penalty period start date for HCBS waiver participants
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 19, 2018
CMS has issued revised guidance related to the penalty start date for asset transfers of Medicaid beneficiaries applying to receive home- and community-based services delivered through 1915(c) waivers,...
HCBS enrollment up but expenditures per participant down
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2018
The number of participants and overall expenditures for state Medicaid 1915(c) waiver programs increased from 2013 to 2014, but average expenditure per participant decreased during that time, according...
Seniorlink first to earn LTSS distinction from NCQA
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 30, 2017
Boston-based Seniorlink’s Caregiver Homes Network is the first healthcare organization in the United States to receive three-year accreditation for case management with long-term services and supports...
Proposed changes would put Medicaid recipients, providers at risk, advocates say
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2017
Congress should reject proposed “radical structural changes” to Medicaid funding that would lead to reduced services for beneficiaries and payments for providers, 100 advocacy organizations,...