A bipartisan group of 60 senators reintroduced a bill on Friday that would allow patients easier access to virtual appointments from their homes. Currently, COVID-19 era telehealth flexibilities are set to expire on September 30. The legislation would make these telehealth flexibilities permanent and expand coverage through Medicare. Specifically, the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary […]
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On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution that would extend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital-at-Home (HaH) waiver program and telehealth flexibilities through Sept. 30, pending Senate approval. This program, scheduled to end on March 31, enables hospitals to deliver hospital-level care to patients in their homes. However, […]
We’re now about one month away from the end of the hospital-at-home waiver that has been keeping the program alive. With the March 31 deadline fast approaching, the push to further extend the program is picking up steam. Earlier this month, in-home care advocacy group Moving Health Home sent a letter to Congress urging the […]
When it comes to long-term care services and home-based care, some states are much further ahead than others. But one thing most of those states agree on is that there’s still room to improve. Last month, when AARP released its long-term services and supports state scorecard report, Minnesota came out on top, ranking number one […]
More than three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. is still seeing major gaps in long-term care for seniors, according to a new AARP report. “We know that some states are taking steps to innovate or put new policies in place, such as paid leave for family caregivers, or a payroll […]
Now that the public health emergency (PHE) has ended, one segment of the senior care space that had a particularly difficult time throughout the pandemic could make a serious comeback. That is adult day services. “Adult day definitely struggled during the pandemic in a lot of ways that other care models didn’t,” Brendan Flinn, a […]
Following the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), the total number of home health visits per 30-day period fell by nearly 17%. That’s according to CMS data. Some health care organizations, like AARP, are concerned that this trend may be the result of unintended consequences tied […]
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, several studies highlighted how older adults in the U.S. wanted to age in place, but often lacked the planning and financial resources to do so. As the crisis exposed serious flaws in America’s long-term care system, especially among nursing homes, many believed older adults and their loved ones would take a […]
A number of organizations – including the top advocacy organization for older Americans – have recently formed relationships underscoring the important roles of home modification and safety in the aging-in-place process. TruBlue Total House Care, for example, has formed a partnership with The Helper Bees. As part of the arrangement, TruBlue’s services will be offered […]
Home- and community-based services (HCBS) are a way to fill gaps in care for seniors with complex medical conditions, with Medicaid being the main source of coverage for long-term services and supports (LTSS). As of 2020, over 2.5 million individuals received HCBS services, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). Still, there are hundreds of […]
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