Share of HUD-assisted older adult households declines … HCBS reduces costs for families, states: brief … $2 million roundabout to ease congestion around assisted living community … LA takes top spot...
Home care workers to march in 20 cities on behalf of $400B care economy proposal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 09, 2021
Care workers, care consumers and advocates will march on 20 U.S. cities next Tuesday, demanding the White House and Congress invest in the nation’s care economy as a matter of racial and gender justice.
Home care workers press their case for higher wages before Labor Secretary Marty Walsh
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 24, 2021
Nevada home care workers bent the ear of U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh Wednesday over higher wages and benefits for care economy workers.
HCBS protections about to run out at the end of the month for some married couples
By
John O'Connor
Mar 18, 2019
Many married couples receiving care through home- and community-based options might lose their Medicaid coverage by the end of the month. That’s because a three-month extension of the program’s “spousal...
LTSS providers to receive 3% rate increase in Maryland
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 24, 2018
Providers of home- and community-based services and nursing home care to Medicaid beneficiaries in Maryland will receive a 3% rate increase for fiscal year 2019, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday.
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Mar 19, 2017
A response to a critique of the Urban Institute model of financing long-term services and supports … Complaints to Arizona’s Adult Protective Services rarely substantiated … Meals on...
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Mar 16, 2017
In next phase of health reform, long-term care cannot be overlooked … Care received at end of life varies drastically by state … Ibuprofen associated with increased risk of cardiac arrest …...
Minimum fee schedule announcement for HCBS a ‘lifeline’ for assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 06, 2024
After years of working with state policymakers to address workforce challenges, senior living organizations in Wisconsin said they are encouraged by the announcement of a minimum fee schedule for home-...
Medicaid Access Rule shortcomings could decrease access to care, industry advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2024
No guarantee exists that a final rule that the federal government promoted as increasing transparency in Medicaid payments and improving wages for direct care workers will accomplish either goal, senior...
Final Medicaid Access Rule released, White House says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2024
A federal rule requiring providers to allocate at least 80% of home- and community-based payments to direct care worker pay has been finalized, President Biden said in a fact sheet posted Monday on the...