Updated: CMS releases anticipated state timelines for initiating unwinding-related Medicaid renewals
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the anticipated state timelines for initiating unwinding-related Medicaid renewals.
Nursing home industry on verge of financial collapse, group claims
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 11, 2020
Even before the industry was dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the average nursing home was operating on a razor-thin profit margin or net loss. That’s because Medicaid reimbursements only cover 70%...
Reporting COVID vaccination data to CMS would be ‘burdensome,’ ‘redundant’ for assisted living,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 14, 2021
Requiring assisted living providers to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government would add administrative and cost burdens to operators already challenged by the pandemic and even...
HHS extends deadline for assisted living operators to apply for CARES Act funding
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 20, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday extended until Aug. 3 the deadline for eligible state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers, including assisted living operators,...
Assisted living could share in $12.7 billion investment in HCBS through American Rescue Plan
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 17, 2021
Assisted living providers could gain access to a $12.7 billion infusion for Medicaid home- and community-based services through the American Rescue Plan.
AHCA/NCAL asks HHS to extend COVID-19 public health emergency past Jan. 11
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 03, 2022
The COVID-19 public health emergency should be extended past Jan. 11 “so that long-term and post-acute care providers can continue to offer the most efficient and effective care possible and so our nation’s...
COVID-19 public health emergency will not end in January: reports
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2022
The public health emergency due to COVID-19 will not end in January, according to published reports.
HHS announces $15 billion in COVID-19 relief funding for assisted living operators, others
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 10, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services will distribute approximately $15 billion in grants to eligible state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers, including assisted living...
More than 201,000 in long-term care have died from COVID, but just how many more?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2022
A full accounting of COVID deaths among long-term care residents and staff members is not available because the federal government only collects data from Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities.
COVID-19 public health emergency renewed by HHS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 14, 2022
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Friday that he is renewing the federal public health emergency related to COVID-19.