Tag Archives: Home and Community-based Services

Integrating Medicare and Medicaid: What’s Happening Now, and What It Means for Assisted Living and Other LTSS

Posted on October 30, 2012 by NanOak

This webinar, sponsored by the Assisted Living Consumer Alliance, explains the dual eligible integration process, with a focus on how the new demonstrations will affect long-term services and supports (LTSS) and their significance to assisted living and other long term … Continue reading →

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CMS Releases Community First Choice Final Regulations; Seeks More Input on When Housing Is “Community-Base”

Posted on April 30, 2012 by NanOak

As it continues implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released final regulations for the Community First Choice option (CFC). CFC provides an incentive for state Medicaid programs to offer more extensive … Continue reading →

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Joint Statement to the US Senate Special Committee on Aging

Posted on November 2, 2011 by NanOak

Ensuring Quality and Oversight in Assisted Living As Medicaid beneficiaries and monies are increasingly shifted from nursing homes to assisted living facilities and other HCBS settings, it is entirely appropriate that Congress and CMS establish some standards on what type … Continue reading →

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