By Amy Stulick The Biden administration on Monday unveiled a sweeping set of proposed nursing home reforms, taking particular aim at private equity ownership. While private-pay senior living providers have expressed some concern about the potential for greater federal regulation in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the White House has focused its attention first […]
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There are major gaps in the regulation of assisted living communities nationwide, and steps should be taken at the federal level to ensure they’re swiftly and properly addressed, according to a recently published report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report, titled “Improved Federal Oversight of Beneficiary Health and Welfare is Needed,” came […]
The ongoing debate around how much governmental oversight of assisted living is appropriate and necessary may soon have new fodder. A bipartisan group of four U.S. Senators, including Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), is pushing for a review of how state and federal authorities oversee assisted living facilities that care for residents on Medicaid. Medicaid is jointly […]
This installment features a partnership between Brookdale Senior Living and a provider of adaptive computer systems for senior living communities that will put interactive, mentally stimulating computers into Brookdale’s memory care communities. Senior care technology solutions provider Independa is incorporating IDEAL LIFE’s wireless health monitoring products into its cloud system, while Acadian Monitoring Services has […]
The Veterans Administration needs to improve the qualifications process for its pension program to protect elderly veterans from poor estate and financial advice that could affect their ability to pay for their care, and to make sure that only veterans with financial need receive pension benefits, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report […]
After studying the Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Payment Demonstration, which will “dwarf all other Medicare demonstrations” and cost $8.35 billion over 10 years, the Government Accountability Office has some advice for the Department of Health and Human Services: Cancel the program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is planning on rolling out a […]
There needs to be improved oversight of a new system that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is creating to monitor quality standards in nursing homes, according to a Government Accountability Office report on nursing home quality control. The report, “Nursing Home Quality: CMS Should Improve Efforts to Monitor Implementation of the Quality […]