The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday announced updated 2024 spousal impoverishment standards, which apply when married individuals seek coverage of certain long-term services and supports...
Social Security, Medicare solvency improves slightly, but ‘significant financing issues’...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
The Treasury Department — with the departments of Health and Human Services and Labor, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration — released the annual Social...
Brookdale finds itself in the midst of another federal inquiry, this time about skilled nursing
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
The country’s largest senior living company on Sunday found itself the subject of an inquiry related to a new federal mandate for minimum staffing at nursing homes. Brookdale Senior Living President...
14 states will share ways to expand direct care workforce
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Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
Fourteen states have been selected to participate in a program through which they can share information about proven models for expanding the direct care workforce.
A final rule issued Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission will prohibit employers across the country from using noncompete agreements in most instances.
Final Medicaid Access Rule released, White House says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2024
A federal rule requiring providers to allocate at least 80% of home- and community-based payments to direct care worker pay has been finalized, President Biden said in a fact sheet posted Monday on the...
More than 6 years later, GAO still looking for CMS to act on assisted living recommendation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services still has not taken action on a recommendation made by the US Government Accountability Office in a January 2018 report on assisted living, the GAO said in...
Approaching retirement, Parkinson takes trip down memory lane, shares insights into road ahead for assisted...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2024
Mark Parkinson paused briefly Tuesday to reflect on his tenure at the helm of AHCA/NCAL and share his thoughts on what the future holds for assisted living.
Associations join together to develop best practices, educate authorities about assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2023
Four national associations advocating for assisted living providers are joining with the National Association for Regulatory Administration to develop guidance for the industry and resources for operators,...
Senior Living Hall of Fame inducts 4 for 2023
Jan 06, 2023
Keren Brown Wilson, Noah Levy and Chuck and Karen Lytle are the 2023 inductees into the Senior Living Hall of Fame, the American Seniors Housing Association announced Thursday.