LeadingAge, an industry trade group for non-profit senior living providers, has just launched a new financial assessment and referral service for its members, dubbed “LeadingAge 911.” The free service has been introduced in response to the growing number of nonprofit senior living providers and organizations who have expressed difficulty in meeting bond covenants, maintaining cash […]
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule on July 6 to update payment policies and rates that will go into effect for services furnished on or after January 1, 2013. LeadingAge has a list of some key provisions that will affect senior care providers: Primary Care and Care Coordination “For […]
Senior living providers are facing pressure from a multitude of sources—the economy, demographic changes, and reimbursements fluctuations, to name a few—and these factors are creating demand for new models to evolve and develop in order to keep up with what consumers want and need, writes LeadingAge. Trends likely to shape the industry include consumer preferences […]
Senior care providers are lining up to partner with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its newly-announced initiative to improve dementia care in nursing homes. LeadingAge, a trade group representing nonprofit senior care organizations, for-profit nursing home trade group the American Health Care Association (AHCA), and others involved in the nursing home […]
This roundup links to several tech-related articles, as multiple news outlets are reporting on the latest technological developments and advances, including how Health Care Reform could impact electronic health record implementation, how consumer community sites are 24 times more likely to adopt social media tools than health organizations, and the battle between the FDA and […]
With technological advancements tied so closely to the future of senior care, Senior Housing News recently interviewed Majd Alwan, Ph.D., the Senior Vice President of Technology and Executive Director of the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) at LeadingAge, an association of not-for-profit, long-term care providers of senior services. At any given time, CAST is […]
Medicare-funded skilled nursing facilities are poised to absorb nearly $800 million in cut funding in fiscal year 2014 through mandated reductions under the Budget Control Act, according to a new Avalere Health Analysis funded by nursing home trade group The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care. The top ten states most affected by sequestration-related budget […]
Starting October 1, hospitals in the bottom quartile for readmissions will get across-the-board reimbursement cuts from Medicare, and skilled nursing facilities should capitalize on their data to become attractive partners to either hospitals in trouble, or well-performing hospitals that want to stay on top, says Teresa Chase, President and CEO of American HealthTech in her […]
The handful of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) that have struggled financially or even declared bankruptcy aren’t an indication of the entire sector, many of which have been able to “weather the ‘perfect storm’ of economic collapse in 2008,” according to a recent article in the March/April 2012 LeadingAge magazine. The article highlights three LeadingAge […]
The MacArthur Foundation, a leader in affordable housing, announced last month it would be awarding grants totaling more than $2.5 million to various institutions for research that explores the role of housing in the long-term health and well-being of older adults. Grant recipients include: LeadingAge Center for Applied Research — $698,000 to study the impact […]
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