Affordability is the missing piece of senior living recovery: experts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2024
The state of the senior living sector is strong, having “weathered the black swan event of COVID,” but the real need lies in addressing the gap in affordable senior housing, according to one expert.
Elevated Medicaid use no threat to health insurers in the long term: Fitch
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2024
Headwinds from an increase in the use of Medicaid are unlikely to have a long-term negative effect on health insurers, according to a new brief from Fitch Ratings. Insurers may experience short-term margin...
Ongoing lawsuits indicate there’s little advantage to seniors for letting AI determine their MA coverage
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 04, 2024
A new report calls out the role of AI in validating cost-cutting measures that leave seniors in need without coverage.
What assisted living needs versus what it gets
By
Stephen A. Moses
Jul 08, 2024
Long-term care’s caregiving sectors — assisted living, skilled nursing and home care — share problems and needs in varying degrees. But what they get from researchers in the field is seldom what...
Federal final rule drops bring cries of ‘flawed,’ ‘aggressive,’ ‘dramatic’ from senior living...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 25, 2024
Late April brought a shower of regulatory changes as the federal government dropped four major final rules this week that the senior living and care industry is calling “flawed,” “aggressive” and...
Bill aims to prevent Medicaid Access Rule implementation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would be prohibited from implementing the Medicaid Access Rule under a bill introduced last week in the House of Representatives.
Medicaid Access Rule review completed by White House
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2024
A proposed federal rule establishing mandatory quality measures for home- and community-based services and requiring providers to allocate 80% of HCBS payments to direct care worker pay is one step closer...
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...
Nursing homes struggle with tighter reimbursement environment, expert says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
Nursing home funding challenges, capital and private equity firms were among the subjects of a webinar Tuesday sponsored by the Long Term Care Community Coalition.
Policy initiatives underway to lessen direct care workforce shortages
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
Direct care workforce shortages strain the healthcare system overall and affect access, quality and costs. Although no single answer to the issue exists, several policy initiatives and solutions underway...