Senate hearing held on Alzheimer’s legislation
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to encourage passage of bipartisan legislation Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s...
Skilled nursing facility preview reports now available
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available for review. Providers have until June 30 to review their...
Participants needed for home care and hospice salary, benefits studies
Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) announced the 2018‑2019 Home Care and Hospice Salary & Benefits studies are now underway. Facilities who wish to...
Health score for seniors in South Dakota falls
America’s Health Rankings from the United Health Foundation has released their Senior Report for 2018, which shows that South Dakota dropped from number 15...
Campaign launched to educate, empower millennials about LTSS
LeadingAge, a nonprofit organization that provides a voice for aging in America, has launched a campaign asking millennials to speak out on the need...
Comments due July 30 for home health demonstration program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revived a demonstration program - the Review Choice Demonstration - for home health services. The...
New SNF rules proposed; comments due June 26
The FY 2019 skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule, published on May 8, includes a very complex patient driven payment...
Nursing homes in receivership stabilize operations
A company, Black Hills Receiver LLC, recently issued a press release that outlines steps they have taken to stabilize operations at 19 nursing home...
Workforce report: Dramatic increase in need for long term care workers
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis published a March 2018 report focusing on occupations in long-term services and supports (LTSS) including nursing assistants,...
Affordable housing for older generation featured in LeadingAge Magazine
The recent issue of Leading Age Magazine has an overall theme of “Meeting the Challenge of Affordable Housing” and focuses on the challenge, models...
