Senior living operators, the ball’s in your court
It’s a bit troubling to watch bad moves made by skilled care operators repeated in senior living. Yet it continues to happen.
Medicaid
A win for home care: Providers applaud withdrawal of MFAR proposal
Providers cheered federal health officials’ decision to withdraw a proposal they warned could cut up to $50 billion nationwide from the Medicaid program annually.
Sunday is deadline for assisted living operators to submit relief fund applications
Sunday is the deadline for assisted living operators and all others applying for funding under the Provider Relief Fund phase 2 general distribution allocation to begin the application process by submitting a tax identification number for validation.
Senior living’s slide into the welfare class
The push for support for assisted living from Uncle Sam is intensifying. But as any skilled care operator will remind you, Uncle Sam tends to be a very demanding business partner.
Sept. 13 is new deadline for eligible assisted living operators to apply for Provider Relief Fund
Eligible assisted living operators and other eligible providers now have until Sept. 13 to apply for the phase 2 general distribution of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund. That is the deadline to complete the first step of the application process, the tax identification number, or TIN, validation process…
More news for Thursday, Aug. 27
Long-term care pharmacies via for key role in COVID vaccine distribution … Report: Pandemic-related fiscal woes to continue for senior living … Pennsylvania expects to complete mandatory COVID-19 testing of assisted living residents and staff by next week … CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Phase 2 application deadline tomorrow; AHCA/NCAL has tip sheet
Most nursing homes losing money: AHCA survey
COVID-19 had led to increased costs and financial hardship among nursing homes across the nation, according to a survey of 463 nursing home operators conducted earlier this week by the American Health Care Association.
HHS changes rules for distribution of relief funds to Medicaid providers
The Department of Health and Human Services has reversed its position and now says that Medicaid providers who previously received a payment from a general distribution of funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund can apply for additional funding.
Senior living associations appreciate prioritization of long-term care in Medicaid expansion proposal
Senior living associations say they appreciate that former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, is prioritizing long-term care in his proposal to create a “21st-century caregiving and education workforce.”
Supply of post-acute care facilities continued decline last year: MedPAC report
The nation’s supply of inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities continued to decline in 2019, contracting by 1.5%, 3.9% and 0.8%, respectively. That’s according to data released Friday by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
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