Assisted living hospice care, HCBS, Medicaid make OIG list
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2017
Assisted living hospice care, Medicaid personal care services, home- and community-based services waiver programs and Medicaid data are four topics that made the top 25 list included in the Health and...
Personal care service reforms make OIG list of top unimplemented recommendations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2019
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General references personal care services and personal care services attendants, long-term care employee background checks...
$60 million Medicare fraud scheme involved assisted living communities, federal officials allege
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2017
Assisted living communities were provided remuneration, including certified nursing assistants to staff their facilities, for their participation in a $60 million Medicare fraud scheme for which 16 individuals...
CMS responds to OIG concerns about hospice care in assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 21, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicated that it has not ruled out regulatory reform as it looks to discourage hospice programs from targeting some Medicare beneficiaries who live in assisted...
Aging Committee leaders cheer bipartisanship
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2016
As the ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging prepares to depart from that role, she and the committee’s chairwoman celebrated what can be accomplished when Republicans and Democrats...
OIG: Assisted living hospice care payment reform a top priority
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 20, 2016
Reducing financial incentives for hospices to target some Medicare beneficiaries living in assisted living communities should be a top priority for CMS, according to a new report from the HHS Office of...
Home gaining on LTC as final residence for those with Alzheimer’s
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 25, 2017
The majority of people with Alzheimer’s disease die in long-term care facilities, although the percentage is decreasing, whereas the number of people with the disease who die at home is increasing,...
OIG recommends increased oversight of hospice programs providing care in assisted living and other settings
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2019
The majority of Medicare-certified hospices had one or more deficiencies in the quality of care they provided to patients from 2012 through 2016, according to two reports released Tuesday by the Department...
CEOs: Staff correctly to avoid acuity-related issues
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2016
Senior living operators that have defined their target populations and maintain that focus are more likely to avoid acuity creep challenges that can lead to trouble for their companies and make a bad name...
Senior living team can help clarify older adults’ end-of-life wishes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2016
Physicians’ Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments, or POLST, forms often are seen as a way to honor the end-of-life preferences of frail elderly individuals when they no longer can speak for themselves....