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LTSS / HCBS / PACE

AHCA/NCAL asks HHS to extend COVID-19 public health emergency past Jan. 11

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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…

Tweaks to assisted living regs highlighted in state programs that link housing and LTSS

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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…

Business of long-term care ‘has never been worse’ as occupancy, staffing challenges continue

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Oct 12, 2022

NASHVILLE, TN — With the clinical issues of COVID-19 largely behind the long-term care industry, the business side “has never been worse,” according to American Health Care Association / National…

As ‘unprecedented’ crisis continues, workforce issues top 5 priorities for NCAL, executive director…

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Oct 10, 2022

NASHVILLE, TN — As assisted living providers continue to experience an “unprecedented workforce crisis right now,” the issue tops the list of five priorities for the National Center for Assisted…

Raise grant rates for assisted living, wages and benefits for caregivers, board recommends

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Oct 05, 2022

A state government advisory board is recommending that the Virginia General Assembly increase grant awards to cover assisted living costs, mandate sick leave and a living wage for direct care workers,…

Providers concerned about meeting direct care worker wage increase requirements

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Sep 22, 2022

A planned $15 hourly minimum wage requirement for home- and community-based service workers set to take effect Oct. 1 in Florida has some senior living providers concerned about how they will cover the…

HCBS providers face more serious challenges ahead than institutional providers: report

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Sep 21, 2022

Expanding the availability and quality of long-term services and supports will continue to be a focus for policymakers as individual preferences and state requirements shift from institutional settings…

Report outlines ways to get more HCBS support

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Sep 20, 2022

Assisted living providers can glean best practices from a report outlining state efforts to support home- and community-based service workers using federal COVID-19 relief dollars, according to one of…

‘Significant’ drop in residential care aide workforce during pandemic raises questions about future…

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Sep 08, 2022

The residential care aide workforce — personal care aides, home health aides and nursing assistants who work in assisted living communities, continuing care retirement / life plan communities and other…

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…

1.65 million Medicaid beneficiaries receive HCBS through waivers like those used in assisted living

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Aug 30, 2022

A total of 1.65 million Medicaid beneficiaries received home- and community-based services through section 1915(c) waiver programs in 2019, according to a report released Friday by the Centers for Medicare…

Money Follows the Person program limits hinder senior living’s ability to serve older adults, groups…

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Lois A. Bowers

Aug 23, 2022

Industry associations representing senior living providers say they support the federal government’s Monday announcement of the expansion of Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person demonstration program…

$25 million expansion adds 5 states and territories to Money Follows the Person program for HCBS

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Lois A. Bowers

Aug 22, 2022

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will award up to $5 million each to Illinois, Kansas and New Hampshire, as well as for American Samoa…

40 states now cover around-the-clock Medicaid HCBS as provided in assisted living

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Aug 15, 2022

The number of state Medicaid waiver programs covering around-the-clock home- and community-based services like those provided by assisted living communities has grown over the past couple of decades, according…

Last of Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund payments coming to a bank account near you

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Jul 28, 2022

One last round of Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund payments could be coming as soon as next week, signaling a completion of all payment determinations, according to Argentum.

CMS tool creating new pathways to assisted living could prove ‘a positive development for residents…

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Jul 26, 2022

A tool to help states increase long-term services and supports rebalancing could lead to more business for assisted living providers.

Provider groups decry ‘chronic underfunding’ as CMS introduces HCBS quality measures

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Lois A. Bowers

Jul 22, 2022

The federal government’s introduction Thursday of quality measures for the home- and community-based services offered by assisted living and other providers comes in the midst of “longstanding, chronic…

CMS releases first-ever quality measures for home- and community-based services

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Lois A. Bowers

Jul 21, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday released its first-ever home- and community-based services quality measure set in an effort to promote consistent quality measurement within and…

LTSS reform needed to ensure access to quality care, doctors’ group says

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Jul 14, 2022

Long-term services and supports are critical to frail older adults and must be improved to ensure access and quality of life as demand grows, according to an association representing primary care physicians…

Could a hybrid model be the solution to serving millions more older adults?

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Kimberly Bonvissuto

Jul 12, 2022

A model of facility-based care that is a hybrid between an assisted living community and a nursing home could be the answer for millions of older adults who are not eligible for Medicaid and must pay out-of-pocket…