Man with ties to senior living industry now in US custody over Haitian president assassination plot … Program aims to expand, diversify aging studies research workforce … Parkinsons’ Foundation expands...
Assisted living needs to be part of enhanced Medicaid HCBS program, industry advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2023
A proposal calling for permanent enhanced federal funding to states to expand the Medicaid home- and community-based services program needs to go a step further to emphasize the benefits of assisted living,...
Assisted living represents savings opportunities, provider group tells Congress
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2023
Assisted living provides a value proposition that could reduce federal spending and improve quality of life for older adults, Argentum President and CEO James Balda said in a letter this week to congressional...
Family caregivers provide 2 extra ‘shifts’ of care per week per resident in assisted living: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 23, 2023
Informal caregivers provide two extra “shifts” of care per resident weekly in assisted living communities, equating to 65 hours per month per resident, according to the authors of a study recently...
Providers ‘barely surviving’ as lawmakers debate increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 23, 2023
Assisted living and other long-term care operators in Montana are “barely surviving” due to increased operational costs, providers testified before the Montana state legislature’s health and human...
Business briefs, Jan. 20
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 20, 2023
Revised: Dwight Mortgage Trust launches CRE rescue capital fund … Medicaid federal poverty standards updated … Online tool helps older adults create plan to find a job … Home Care Providers of Texas...
Medicaid federal poverty standards updated
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 19, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday released updated federal poverty level standards applied to eligibility criteria for Medicaid.
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...
COVID-19 public health emergency extended again, maybe for the last time
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 11, 2023
The public health emergency due to COVID-19 has been renewed again for what many experts believe will be the last time.
State proposal would bring Medicaid reimbursement to assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 22, 2022
Older adults in Pennsylvania who no longer can afford their assisted living community but who don’t require skilled nursing care may get a lifeline to age in place under a new proposal.