How CMS’ Recent Capitation Rate Increase Could Accelerate Value-Based Care, MA in Senior Living

Senior living operators with value-based offerings are getting a boost from a nearly doubled Medicare Advantage (MA) capitation rate in 2026. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) previously announced a 5.06% increase in MA capitation rates, higher than what some analysts expected, including Macquarie Senior Healthcare Equities Research Analyst Tao Qiu. A capitation […]

New Medicare Advantage Capitation Rate Increase Could Accelerate Senior Living’s Value-Based Care Movement

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are getting a boost in 2026 thanks to a greater-than-anticipated capitation rate increase.The senior living industry may reap some of the benefits. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a 5.06% increase in the capitation rate for the coming year. That was more than double what investment banking group […]

[Updated] Congress Extends Medicare Telehealth, Post-Acute Waivers Used by Senior Living Operators

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect Congress passing the year-end government funding bill. SHN comments from operators and experts quoted in the story occurred prior to votes by the House and Senate on Friday evening. Senior living experts and operators will continue to access Medicare telehealth and hospital-at-home services after waivers for […]

New NORC Study Identifies 6.5M ‘Near-Duals’ In Need of More Middle-Market Services

New research from NORC at the University of Chicago is highlighting a growing group of middle-income older adults unable to access senior living care. Approximately 6.5 million older adults – about 12% of the current population of people 65 and older – experience financial insecurity and navigate complex health care needs but have limited resources […]

Harris Proposes Adding Home Care Benefit to Medicare

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is seeking to bolster Medicare with a new benefit helping to pay for home care. During an appearance on ABC’s “The View” Tuesday, Kamala Harris announced a new Medicare home-based care benefit that focuses on helping the “sandwich generation,” or adults who are caring for their aging parents while also […]

How the Senior Living Industry Can Help Solve Its ‘Three-Body Problem’ 

The senior living industry has a “three-body problem” – but new research shows it also potentially holds the solution to that problem. Recent data analysis by researchers NORC at the University of Chicago in partnership with the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC) found that the senior housing industry shows promise for […]

Curana Health, Serviam Launch New Value-based Care Alliance in Florida

Curana Health and the Serviam Care Network have announced an expansion effort in Florida to bring value-based care services to senior living communities in the Sunshine State. Known as the Value-Based Care Alliance of Florida, the effort aims to expand value-based care initiatives to operators in the state with an overall goal of improving care […]