Deinstitutionalizing Nursing Home Care

In 1987, Congress signed into law the Nursing Home Reform Law, which established nursing home oversight rules to improve facilities. Mary Ousley, past chair of the American Health Care Association, testified before Congress in May about the long term care profession’s experience since the Nursing Home Reform Law went into effect and the need for [...]

Medicaid Spending Would Increase Under Immigration Bill

According to the Congressional Budget Office, Medicaid spending would increase by $10 billion from 2008 to 2012 and by $23 billion from 2008 to 2017, under the current immigration bill. (Kaiser Network) The bill would open the door to allowing millions of illegal aliens to become U.S. citizens. Lawmakers would need to raise taxes to [...]

Provider Letters: Complex Needs Waiver Programs, Medicare Certification

In a letter to Home and Community Support Services Agencies, Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) Staff, and All Other Stakeholders dated June 1, DADS announced that it is hosting half-day training sessions on “Meeting Complex Needs in Waiver Programs Registration Information.” The sessions will answer questions about licensing rules and contract requirements for [...]

Senator Herb Kohl on the Aging of America

Senator Herb Kohl, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, writes about how the aging of baby boomers will affect society in the Senior Journal. In about 25 years, people over 65 will account for 20 percent of the American population, as opposed to 12 percent at present. The focus of insurers, health care [...]

LTC Facilites: Prepare to Update FIVES Daily June 4-7!

In a provider letter dated June 1, 2007, DADS is notifying Texas long-term care facilities that it will be conducting a hurricane preparedness exercise “involving local, state, federal, and private sector partners.” DADS is requesting that you update your number of vacancies in the Facility Inventory, Vacancy and Evacuation Status application (FIVES) on a daily [...]

Texas Register Updates: Reimbursement Rate Hearing Notices

The May 25 Texas Register has published a series of public notices for various reimbursement rate hearings, including one on proposed Medicaid reimbursement rates applicable for providers of Medical Dependant Children Program Camp Services, on June 11, 2007, at 10:30 a.m., at Permian Basin Conference Room of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Braker [...]

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