Senior living providers must show their value to combat ‘new normal’ of negative scrutiny: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 02, 2024
As senior living providers adapt to the “new normal” of negative lay media attention and calls for federal oversight, they must step into the role of educator and share with lawmakers and others how...
Assisted living model could be threatened by long-term care workforce proposal
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
A proposed federal bill includes substantial new funding for long-term care workforce development, but it potentially threatens the assisted living model by including the setting with more clinical ones,...
Senior living ‘on the precipice of this defining moment,’ Argentum CEO says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
The senior living industry sits “on the precipice of this defining moment with significant challenges but also tremendous opportunities” to tell its story and help millions of older adults “live...
High concentration of dually eligible older adults in assisted living warrants study of care quality,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 17, 2023
Older adults who are dually eligible for the Medicare and Medicaid programs are highly concentrated in assisted living communities, according to a research letter published in JAMA Health Forum.
Remember assisted living in Medicaid HCBS settings discussion: ASHA
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 15, 2021
As infrastructure reform discussions focus on expansion of Medicaid home- and community-based services programs, senior living experts are reminding policymakers that assisted living should be part of...
CMS tool creating new pathways to assisted living could prove ‘a positive development for residents...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2022
A tool to help states increase long-term services and supports rebalancing could lead to more business for assisted living providers.
State compliance status could affect assisted living providers that provide HCBS
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2023
Assisted living operators that provide home- and community-based services to residents who are Medicaid beneficiaries could be affected as states continue to come into compliance with the provisions of...
Long-term care financing success requires federal program, coverage across continuum: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2022
A new federal benefit that would include taxpayer subsidies and cover the continuum of long-term care services, including residential care and home- and community-based services, would address some of...
Assisted living providers must pay attention to Medicaid beneficiary protections in HCBS regulations,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 13, 2023
Assisted living providers might be breaking state and federal laws in refusing to accept Medicaid or in attempting to evict residents without giving them an opportunity to appeal, according to two elder...
Provider group seeks 2-year moratorium on HCBS settings rule enforcement
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 13, 2023
A new white paper from LeadingAge recommends a two-year enforcement moratorium on the federal government’s home- and community-based services settings final rule, saying that it is flawed policy.