Care coordination, policy changes can improve mental health services for older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2022
Integrating aging services, mental health and physical health is key to improving quality of life outcomes for older adults, according to a mental health expert.
Mental health services for adult Medicaid recipients fell 22% last year, CMS reports
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 18, 2021
Adult Medicaid beneficiaries have foregone millions of primary, preventive and mental health care visits during the pandemic, according to new data by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
2 arrested in assisted living fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2016
Two Florida mental health counselors have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the state’s Medicaid program of more than $360,000 by submitting false claims for assisted living services.
Feds delay ‘ticking time bomb’ set to invalidate existing health regulations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 07, 2022
The federal government once again is delaying implementation of a “ticking time bomb” that threatens to invalidate thousands of existing health regulations, including protections for older adults.
Some senior living operators may find Medicaid payment expansion tempting
By
John O'Connor
Nov 28, 2018
Senior living operators have historically not been involved in psychiatric care. But that soon could change. The reason: A recent Medicaid coverage expansion could lead to new business opportunities, a...
Labor, enforcement trends creating operational, financial challenges for senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2022
Labor, behavioral health and the regulatory agenda are among the key 2022 trends that continue causing operational and financial challenges for senior living and other long-term care providers.
23 states, cities, municipalities sue federal government over ‘conscience rule’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 23, 2019
A coalition of 23 states, cities and municipalities filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government for a final rule that allows individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations...
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2019
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the...
New healthcare coalition makes a splash in Washington, lobbies for hospital-at-home extension beyond...
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 25, 2021
Just two weeks shy of its three-month anniversary, Moving Health Home, a coalition pushing for more clinical care done at home, has already tripled its membership and sharpened its policy focus in Washington.
‘Ticking time bomb’ could invalidate thousands of rules pertaining to older adults: HHS lawsuit
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 17, 2021
A Trump administration rule finalized the day before President Biden’s inauguration is a “ticking time bomb” that could invalidate thousands of other rules, including protections for the elderly,...