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Larry Minnix

Nursing home groups respond to Obama's proposed Medicare and Medicaid cuts

February 08, 2012

Provider groups are urging President Obama to consider nursing home funding when he releases his fiscal 2013 budget next week.

LeadingAge announces executive leadership summit reboot

January 11, 2012

Non-profit aging services executives will have a new place to learn ideas by attending the LeadingAge's PEAK Leadership Summit this spring.

CLASS Act remains safe from repeal for rest of the year

December 14, 2011

Advocates for the CLASS Act can take some comfort in knowing that efforts for full repeal of the program are at a dead end, at least for the rest of this year.

LeadingAge: Tough times ahead for long-term care providers

November 30, 2011

LeadingAge President and CEO Larry Minnix openly acknowledged Wednesday afternoon that the next two years could be tense and difficult for long-term care providers. He was just one of a handful of experts painting a grave outlook.

Talk of federal long-term care benefit won't go away

October 21, 2011

If opponents of the CLASS Act think they've beaten down or somehow subdued chief advocate Larry Minnix or his LeadingAge members, they have another thing coming. Despite a week of roiling controversy and confusion that has some official sources leaving it for dead, CLASS still has an active champion in Minnix. That much was abundantly clear in a video interview with McKnight's on Wednesday.

LeadingAge: Don't stop fighting for CLASS Act

October 18, 2011

The Department of Health and Human Services may have shelved the CLASS long-term care benefit, but advocates of the program said mixed messages from the White House suggest otherwise. One major provider association said it would continue to fight to keep the program alive while another issued a statement Monday that was more resigned that the CLASS Act was all but dead.

CLASS Act is far from dead, according to supporters

October 16, 2011

When the White House effectively killed the CLASS Act, the program's most vocal advocates dug in their heels in hopes of resurrecting the long-term care insurance program.

In another blow to CLASS, HHS shuts down office, reassigns staff

September 23, 2011

The chief actuary for the Department of Health and Human Service's CLASS Act program has said HHS is shutting down its CLASS office and that he no longer has a job, according to published reports.

CLASS Act was doomed from the start, says GOP report

September 16, 2011

Health and Human Services officials were concerned about the sustainability of the CLASS Act prior to the bill's passage, according to a new report.

Provider groups 'appalled' by CMS rule that would trim SNF payments by 11.1%

August 01, 2011

Provider groups slammed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday after the agency issued a final rule that would reduce Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities by $3.87 billion for fiscal year 2012.

Providers outraged: 'Gang of Six' spending proposal would eliminate CLASS Act

July 20, 2011

Providers immediately ripped a new deficit-reduction proposal Tuesday that was announced by a bipartisan group of influential U.S. Senators and endorsed at least modestly by both the White House and some key Republicans. The nearly complete proposal, cobbled together within two weeks of the United States possibly starting to default on its financial obligations, would slash numerous areas of healthcare spending and eliminate the nation's first government-sponsored long-term care insurance program.

LTC facilities no longer have to pay licensing fees to show movies

April 28, 2011

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are once again exempt from paying movie-licensing fees, thanks to an agreement with the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation.

Congressman to introduce bill to repeal CLASS Act after hearing discussion of strengths, flaws of long-term care insurance program

March 18, 2011

The Community Living Assistance and Services and Supports (CLASS) Act will be repealed if physician-congressman Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) has his way. Gingrey said Thursday that he intended to unveil a bill later that day that would negate the CLASS Act, a tenet of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Traditional business models in the skilled nursing care sector are about to undergo massive change, panel predicts

March 10, 2011

Marketplace and policy changes will place unprecedented pressure on providers to diversify and expand how they do business, according to panelists at a skilled care program in Los Angeles.

President vows to fight attempted repeals of healthcare reform

January 27, 2011

President Obama defiantly said he would fight any repeal efforts to his health care reform platform but added in his State of the Union address Tuesday night that he would remain open to ideas for improving it. He also called for more spending cuts to Medicare and Medicaid but didn't offer any specifics.

Providers cheer as Kohl lifts block on DEA nominee

December 23, 2010

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) has released the hold on the nomination of Michelle Leonhart to head the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. That occurred after the U.S. Department of Justice assured him that the DEA would address and improve the delivery of pain medications in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

AAHSA researcher tapped to serve on Labor Department committee

October 08, 2010

Robyn Stone, senior vice president for research at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, has been selected to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship.

President signs bill providing more Medicaid funding to states

August 11, 2010

President Obama Tuesday signed a bill sending $26.1 billion in aid, including $16.1 billion in Medicaid relief, to states.

Birthday wishes for Medicare and Medicaid

Liza Berger August 05, 2010

Amid your daily workload and the whir of summer, a couple birthdays may have slipped by you. I'm speaking of the 45th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid.

Minnix flexes muscle on list of top 50 most powerful not-for-profit leaders

August 04, 2010

The NonProfit Times has included Larry Minnix, president and CEO of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, and AAHSA board member Jill Schumann on its annual "Power and Influence Top 50" list.

CCRCs under the microscope

Liza Berger July 29, 2010

A growing segment of the long-term care field, continuing care retirement communities, has piqued the interest of the federal government.

AAHSA praises Berwick recess appointment

July 08, 2010

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging applauded President Obama's appointment Wednesday of Don Berwick to the top spot at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

A vacancy that needed filling

Liza Berger July 07, 2010

President Obama has made another recess appointment—this one with big implications for long-term care.

Provider group supports review of nursing home survey system

June 03, 2010

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging has endorsed a new bill that would reevaluate the current state of nursing home oversight.

'American Idol' meets assisted living

Liza Berger May 28, 2010

You can call them assisted living's "idols." About a dozen employees of assisted living facilities auditioned and won spots to sing a song commissioned by the Assisted Living Federation of America.

AAHSA goes Hollywood

James M. Berklan May 26, 2010

Let's face it: Many of us work with pleasant enough people and settings in the long-term care field. But outright fun? It's often hard to find.

Nursing homes respond to news report that one in five nursing homes rate poorly

January 29, 2010

A recent analysis by USA Today finds that one in five U.S. nursing homes consistently receive poor ratings for overall quality under the Five-Star Quality Rating System. Such news is not surprising to many in long-term care since the system predetermines that a certain percentage receive one-star ratings.

CLASS Act to survive, even if healthcare reform doesn't

Liza Berger January 21, 2010

Larry Minnix sounded weary but determined. The CLASS Act may become a casualty of healthcare reform, but it is not going away, the head of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging assured me Wednesday.

Future unclear for healthcare reform after Senate Republican's victory in Massachusetts

January 21, 2010

The election of Republican Scott Brown to senator in Massachusetts has put a question mark around the fate of legislation that would overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, according to the two major long-term care associations.

A blow to healthcare reform

Liza Berger January 20, 2010

The buzz among long-term care providers today, as expected, is the upset in the Massachusetts Senate race. How healthcare reform will play out now is anyone's guess.