Care coordination, policy changes can improve mental health services for older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2022
Integrating aging services, mental health and physical health is key to improving quality of life outcomes for older adults, according to a mental health expert.
Assisted living communities should be integrated into greater community, report recommends
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
Assisted living communities and other congregate care settings are “vital” and should be more fully integrated into surrounding communities through short-term respite care, adult day services, and...
CMS-proposed HCBS rules elicit request for extension of comment period from 5 associations
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Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2023
The executive directors of five national organizations are asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend by at least 30 days the comment periods for two proposed rules related to access...
The Mentor Network urges home- and community-based services community to ratchet up the lobbying effort
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Diane Eastabrook
May 25, 2021
The Mentor Network, one of the nation’s leading providers of health and human services, sees a trend toward expanded home-and-community-based services (HCBS).
Medicaid HCBS study shows ‘we still know very little’ about COVID in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 17, 2023
A new study reporting higher mortality rates among Medicaid home- and community-based services recipients — including assisted living residents — during the pandemic compared with people not receiving...
New York aims to lead PACE expansion with innovative pilot
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Diane Eastabrook
Aug 02, 2021
An innovative plan in New York State could expand the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to more people.
InnovAge opens new PACE center in Virginia
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 01, 2021
InnovAge, a leading provider of Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), opened the doors to a new 25,000-square-foot senior care center Wednesday in Roanoke, VA.
CMS seeks input on home- and community-based services
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking input on ways to accelerate the provision of home- and community-based services to Medicaid beneficiaries. The request comes as many assisted living...
Expand HCBS access to address unmet care needs of older adults, researchers say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 06, 2023
Expanding access to home- and community-based services is the recommendation from a new report from the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis on unmet care needs among the nation’s older adults.
OIG finds potentially ‘significant’ health and safety issues at HCBS sites
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2019
Kentucky put at risk the health and safety of some older and disabled adults receiving home- and community-based services through section 1915(c) Medicaid waivers because its annual inspections were “insufficient,”...