CMS changes quality measure set for home- and community-based services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 15, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced changes to the quality measure set for home- and community-based services and described reporting requirements for Money Follows the Person grant...
Senior living providers navigate PHE unwinding, state-level guidelines
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2023
The May 11 expiration of the federal public health emergency declaration will bring changes to federal healthcare programs, with various regulatory flexibilities expiring immediately or within a short...
Coming end of COVID-19 PHE brings concerns about senior living effects
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2023
The May 11 end of the COVID-19 public health emergency — and the flexibilities it provided — means many potential changes for providers of Medicaid home- and community-based services. And those changes...
Tweaks to assisted living regs highlighted in state programs that link housing and LTSS
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 02, 2022
The AARP Public Policy Institute is spotlighting three state programs that it says proactively link community-based long-term services and supports beneficiaries to both housing and services. Two of these...
Healthcare industry disappoints in latest jobs report
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 11, 2021
Despite red-hot demand for workers, the healthcare industry shed 18,000 jobs in September, according to the latest employment survey
In-home booster preparations underway at some home care agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 24, 2021
Even before another federal agency’s panel approved booster shots for seniors, the wheels were in motion at some home care companies to get COVID-19 boosters into the arms of their clients.
GAO questions states’ recent HCBS fiscal and caregiving practices
By
Liza Berger
Sep 17, 2021
Amid all the talk about vaccination mandates, an interesting document has emerged that offers a reminder of the extent to which COVID-19 has upended the world of home- and community-based services.
More news for Wednesday, Sept. 15
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2021
House Build Back Better markups mean historic opportunities for staffing, HCBS services … LTC pharmacy giant Omnicare to require COVID vaccination of all employees … Older Americans faring worse economically...
Home healthcare industry already prepared for COVID-19 booster
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 19, 2021
Some home healthcare providers already had the ball rolling on preparations for COVID-19 booster vaccinations — even before the Biden administration announced Wednesday afternoon they would be offered.
ArchCare aiming to become first PACE program mandating vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 09, 2021
ArchCare, which operates three PACE centers in the New York City metro area, is mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all 5,000 of its employees